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The 5 Minute Budget



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ne of the most important        receive income that is not        
financial tools one can use     regular- such as a once a year    
is the budget. Budgets          payment, you may want to opt for  
might sound to economic novices       creating budget using a timetable 
as pretty technical stuff;            of one year. For those creating a 
however a budget is an extremely      budget with a time frame of one   
practical tool that almost anyone     month, list each one of your      
can create in about 5 minutes.        sources of income. Obviously,     
Here are some tips.                   they will include your main job’s 
While in theory, you can create a     income and income from a part     
budget in about 5 minutes, there      time job. Other items you should  
is no need to rush it. Budgets        list under income are products    
are exceptionally simple to           that you sell on Ebay or income   
create; all you need are the          from web sites. If you receive    
following items;

                  rent from a property you own,     

one piece of paper                 this should be listed as well and 
a pencil                              you should definitely list any    
a calculator

                      income you earn from interest on  

That’s it. On your piece of        money in the bank or stock        
paper, you will want to create        dividends. Once you have listed   
two columns. The first column         all your income for the month,    
should be called Income and the       create a new row and calculate    
second column should be called        the total income for the          
Expenses.

                         month.

                        

The Income Column

              

The Expenses Column

        

Within your income column, you     

While you may only have one or 
will want to list all sources of      two sources of income each month, 
revenue. Most people usually list     you will definitely have a lot    
their revenue in a time frame of      more expenses. Expenses are       
one month. However, if you            anything you spend your money on. 



This can include your mortgage        looking carefully at the money    
payment, car loan, insurance,         you spend each month and figure   
lunch, transportation,                out which items should be cut.    
electricity bill, cable bill, any     You should also look at ways to   
purchases you make on a regular       increase your income as well.

 
basis such as coffee in the                                             
morning, etc. Make sure that you      
calculate the total amount of         align="center">                   
expenses.

                                                           

Compare Your Income Column to       Your Expenses Column

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About the Author:

Connie Barker is the owner of several financial websites dealing with Bad Credit Loans and Personal Loans.

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