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Thursday, July 9, 2009

Initiating A Reorder Check On Your Expense Outlays Exploiting Excel

Posted by patrick

By Don Beldon

There a many ways to reorder your budget and save money. One of the most important caveats is to shop around for the best price. One needs to take everything into consideration and reorder mental checks on your assumptions. Account for travel time, gasoline or bus ticket, sales tax and other hidden expenses in order to harness the best decision.

Many use an Excel spreadsheet to check and track their expenses. On the spreadsheet form one can totally track grocery purchases, utilities, insurances, health care, dining out etc. and it helps one to stay in budget. One can even divide expenses into quarterly sections for real estate property taxes and estimated federal taxes for the self-employed. Also, yearly auto and home insurance needs to be tracked. This will help monitor and reorder your cash flow better. Then subtract your monthly net income from your month cash flow in order to check and see if there is something one can set aside for actual savings. It actually can become fun when you meet certain goals that you set.

All expenses take a toll on the budget. Have columns for personal expenditure and credit card payments, child care, beauty salon or barber shop, dry cleaners and laundry, charitable contributions, commuting and other expenses.

Spreadsheets give a complete picture of our financial condition. This snapshot allows us to plan and budget our purchases better. If a desire for some frill purchase comes along and it doesn't check out budget-wise, the only answer is no.

Look for bargains using coupons and scrutinizing your shopping pays dividends in the long run. It's a habit that is an essential survival skill in the urban jungle. Cutting back on excesses, vacations, dinners out, etc might just put the budget into a positive direction.

When one looks at possible financial scenarios for tomorrow, they start by planning and budgeting. There are tradeoffs that will get you where you want to go if you are willing to make the sacrifices.

Pitchmen are always tantalizing people with expensive vacations, cars, dining experiences and other luxury "toys" that would be budget breakers. One needs to sometimes slam on the brakes in order to stay in budget.

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