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Hire Purchase System

         It is a agreement between two parties may be hire purchaser and hire seller. In this system the hire purchaser will make a down payment to the seller and later the hire purchaser will pay the remaining amount on regular intervals the certain agreed amount in the agreement which has been taken place between the two parties.

Features of Hire Purchase System

§  In this system the ownership of the asset is transferred to hire purchaser only after full payment is made to the hire seller of the asset.
§   In this system the hire seller has the right to take back the asset if the hire purchaser fails to make the payment amount.
§   The contract that has taken place between the hire purchaser and hire seller is completely supported by a legal formalities if the dispute between hire purchaser and hire seller arises.

Installment Purchase System

       Installment purchase is system of purchase where the installment purchaser purchases goods from installment seller on the date of purchase. The position and legal ownership of the asset by undertaking to pay the price of the asset in a certain number of installment along with interest at an agreed rate on the unpaid balance amount of the asset.

Feature of Installment Purchase System

§  The cash price of asset purchase are to be paid by the installment purchaser to the installment seller in a certain number of installment.
§  In this system Installment Purchaser not only gets the possession of the asset but at the same time also gets the legal ownership on the date of purchase.
§  If the installment purchaser fails to make payment then installment seller does not have any right to take back the asset from installment purchaser.
§  The total amount which is payable by the installment purchaser is always greater than the cash price of the asset.
§  The difference between the total amount payable by the installment purchaser and the cash price of asset is the asset for installment

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