Describe how the installment plan operates?
An installment plan is a payment option. It allows a debtor to
fulfill a financial obligation by making small payments over an
extended period of time. In some cases, people become indebted
knowing that they will use installment plans. Other people use this
payment method because they unknowingly accrue debt that exceeds
what they are able to pay. In most cases, doing so results in a
larger bill.
Installment, when used in a financial sense, is a word that
means payment. This is why an installment plan is often referred to
as a payment plan. There are some instances when people go into
debt knowing that an installment plan will be used for settlement.
For example, a person may order an item that is advertised as being
available for six monthly payments.
In other cases, satisfying debt by way of payments is necessary
because a person accrues debt and then realizes that he or she
cannot pay it. A good example of this is an American tax bill. The
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) may conduct an auditand find that a
person has not paid sufficient income tax. Since many people are
unable to pay such bills in full, the IRS has a monthly installment
program that allows individuals to settle their obligations over
time.
This type of debt settlement option is referred to as a plan
because it is usually very structured. The amount of
eachinstallment is usually set. Generally, the number of payments
that need to be made is determined by the amount of time that the
creditor will allow the bill to be outstanding. This allows for the
determination of how much each payment should be. For example, if a
creditor will allow five months for the settlement of a $100 US
Dollars (USD) debt, then the installments should be $20 each.
The day of the month that the payment should be remitted is
usually set. The manner in which the payment is made is also
commonly predetermined. Sometimes an installment plan is only
presented as an option when there is a source from which the
payments can be directly drawn, such as a credit card or bank
account.