Saturday 1 September 2012

Having a Spendable Personal Budget

By Alex Zieniewicz


Knowing how to manage your finances and having a personal budget is important. You need to know how much you are spending on different things and having a budget will help you with this task. Your budget should include disposable income, discretionary income as well as spendable income.

The amount of money that you have left over for spending and saving is known as disposable income. This money is what you have after taxes have been paid. This money you should use for saving for those vacations that you have been wanting to go on or traveling across the U.S.

Discretionary income is the money left after spending on necessities. These items include shelter, food and clothing. These go into a certain category since you cannot live without them. You can spend your discretionary income on anything you would like. Saving your money should still be considered just in case of emergency purchases.

The money that you have after paying taxes is known as spendable income. This is the money that you have to spend on necessary items and other purchases. It is important to figure out your spendable income because this is the money you actually have. There is no choice in the amount of taxes that you pay so spendable income is important to calculate. Spendable income will provide you with an estimate of how much money you have to spend on all purchases. The money you have left over will be included in your savings for your golden retirement.

Having a personal budget and knowing what each type of income means is important to make sure that your personal spending does not get out of hand. It is good to know what you should be spending on and when it is a good idea to start saving your money. A personal budget will help you with this task and have you spending your money when you should be.




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