Generally speaking, you do not need to keep the following in a safe deposit box: income tax returns, education records, employment records, bankbooks, social security cards, guarantees, and burial instructions. Keeping Tax Records. But you don't have to keep everything for tax purposes.
Definition of Deficit and Debt. 1  Deficit relies to the annual borrowing requirement of the government. 2  Debt related to the total level of public sector debt built over previous years. 3  In 2010/11 UK public sector deficit is forecast to be around Â£149bn of or 12% of GDP.
In any given time period, the governmentâs budget can be either in deficit or in surplus. A deficit occurs when the government spends more than it taxes; and a surplus occurs when a government taxes more than it spends.