Allowance (money)

An allowance is an amount of money set aside for a designated purpose.

Allowing another person to have some money (for whatever reason) is often referred to as an allowance.

Contents 1 Types of allowance 1.1 Allowances in business 1.1.1 Construction contracting 1.2 Allowances for children 2 See also 3 References

Types of allowance

Allowances in business

Construction contracting

In construction, an allowance is an amount specified and included in the construction contract (or specifications) for a certain item of work (e.g., appliances, lighting, etc.) whose details are not yet determined at the time of contracting. Typically:

1. the allowance amount covers the cost of the contractor's material/equipment delivered to the project plus all taxes less any trade discounts to which the contractor may be entitled with respect to the item of work;
2. the contractor's costs for labor (installation), overhead, profit and other expenses with respect to the allowance item are included in the base contract amount but not in the allowance amount;
3. if the section 1 costs for the item of work are higher (or lower) than the allowance amount, the base contract amount should be increased (decreased) by the difference in the two amounts and by the change (if any) to the contractor's costs under section 2.

The allowance provisions may be handled otherwise in the contract: e.g., the flooring allowance may state that installation costs are part of the allowance. The contractor may be required to produce records of the original takeoff or estimate of the section 2 costs for each allowance item.

Other issues that should be considered in the contract's allowance provision are:

• may the client insist that the contractor use whomever the client wishes to do the allowance work?;
• may the contractor charge the client back for any costs arising from a delay by the client (or client's agent) in selecting the material or equipment of the allowance in question?

Allowances for children

Parents often give their children an allowance (British English: pocket money) for their miscellaneous personal spending, and also to teach them money management at an early age^[1][2]. Allowances may be tied to household chores, or other types of responsibilities.

The average pocket money: age 4-9= $3.00 10-11= $6.00 12-15= $13.00 15+ work outside the home (survey).

See also

• Per diem
• Wage

References

Parenting See also: School Family template Family Types Adoptive Alloparenting Complex family Coparenting Foster care LGBT Noncustodial Nuclear family Orphaned Shared Single parent Stepfamily Surrogacy In loco parentis Theories/Areas Attachment theory Applied Behavior Analysis Behaviorism Child development Cognitive development Developmental psychology Human development Love Maternity Maternal bond Nature versus nurture Parental investment Paternal bond Pediatrics Social psychology Styles Attachment parenting Concerted cultivation Gatekeeper parent Helicopter parent Nurturant parenting Slow parenting Soccer mom Strict father model Taking Children Seriously Work at home parent Techniques After-school activity Allowance Bedtime Childcare Co-sleeping Homeschooling Latchkey kid Play (date) Role model Spoiled child Television Toy (educational) Discipline Blanket training Corporal punishment in the home Curfew Grounding Naughty chair Tactical ignoring Time-out Abuse Child abandonment Child abuse Child labour Child neglect Cinderella effect Incest Narcissistic parents Parental abuse by children Legal / social aspects Child support Cost of raising a child Marriage Parental responsibility (Deadbeat parent) Paternity Books The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care On Becoming Baby Wise Parenting For Everyone Experts Tanya Byron Rudolf Dreikurs David Elkind Jo Frost Haim Ginott Thomas Gordon Annette Lareau Penelope Leach Madeline Levine William Sears B.F. Skinner Benjamin Spock