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What is a budget?
►A tool to manage your money
►For a specific period of time – usually
monthly
►Budget due to our limited resources
►Helps us meet our responsibilities and our
financial goals
Reasons for a Budget
Track spending
Money toward expenses/bills
Avoid careless spending
Eliminates stress
Live within your means/income
Meet financial goals
Save
Invest
…Puts you in control of your financial future,
beginning NOW.
Without a Budget…
Have no plan
Paycheck-to-paycheck
Come up short
Plan for emergencies
No savings/investing plans
Less likely to know what $ you have
How to Build a Budget
1. Decide on a time frame for tracking expenses (monthly)
2. List all money you have coming in (income)
A. Disposable income
B. Discretionary income
3. PYF (Pay yourself first) = Savings
4. Make categories for all expenses
5. Subtract total expenses from income
6. Study budget and make changes
PAY YOURSELF FIRST!
Every time you PYF, you are developing a saving habit that leaves you with more money to spend later on for things that are really important to you!
Save 10% of your disposable income each time you get paid
Budgeting Terms
►Budget – tool for money management
►Disposable income –after taxes
► Discretionary income –after all expenses paid
►Expenses:
Fixed expenses –monthly contractual
Variable expenses –not contractual, vary each month
Periodic fixed expenses
What is included in a budget for a family in a given month?
The typical family spends their money on:
►Housing - 30%
►Transportation - 20%
►Food -15%
►Utilities, Home Improvements - 14%
►Saving - 10%
►Insurance - 7%
►Other - 4%
What does it look like?Budget Template
Income Amount
Wages Rs.
Total Income Rs.
Expenses Amount
Fixed Expenses
PYF (10%) Rs.
Variable Expenses Rs.
Periodic Expenses Rs.
Total Expenses Rs.
Net Gain or Net Loss Rs.
Allocate money to each category
► Net gain – Rs. remaining to either save, spend or invest
► Net loss - spending more money than earning and has to use credit (borrowed money) to meet their financial obligations
Income ExpensesNet gain or loss
Implement and Control► There is not one correct control system.
Depends upon the individual/family Envelope systems – individuals place the actual
budget amount of cash from a paycheck into a specific envelope system for the expense
Check register system – helps consumers to track all expenditures in a checkbook register which has been divided into spending plan categories
Electronic spending plan systems – multiple types of software are available for consumers to use to help keep track of their financial records like www.mint.com
Net worth statement
► A net worth statement describes an individual or family’s overall financial condition on a specified date
► The components include:
Assets – Everything a person owns with monetary value
Liabilities – Debts or what is owed to others
Net worth - The amount of money left when liabilities are subtracted from assets (indicates wealth)
Assets LiabilitiesNet
Worth