Matching Pairs CA7 - External InfluencesOnline version Match the key terms to their correct definitions by Ms Dyde 1 Living Wage 2 E Commerce 3 Value Added Tax (VAT) 4 Competitive Environment 5 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 6 Interest Rates 7 Income Tax 8 Corporation Tax 9 Mobile Technology 10 Climate Change 11 Data Protection 12 Equality Act 13 Equal Pay Act 14 Legislation The external environment in which businesses compete The long term shifts in temperature and weather patterns Collective Laws that need to be followed by both businesses and their employees Controls the way the data is handled and gives legal rights to people who have information stored about them This is a tax paid on the amount you earn The proportion of a loan that is charged as interest to the borrower, typically expressed as an annual percentage of the loan outstanding A tax levied on the sale of goods and services A tax that Limited Companies pay on their profits Technology that moves with the user The amount paid to workers to cover the cost of living Employees who do equal work or work of equal value must receive the same pay as workers of the other sex The total value of goods produced and serviced provided in a Country during one year A law that private, public and voluntary organisations must follow, so it does not discriminate against employees or service users because of particular characteristics The buying and selling of goods and or services over the internet