Kimberly Steinhoff September 23, 2020 Family Budget
Family Financial Planning And Budgeting. Families should plan in advance how much they may spend during the following 2 to 5 years in line with their expected family income during that period. In doing this, they should make allowance for any shortfall in their expected family money in that period. They should also put together their expected expenses in the coming 12 months matching it with their expected family money they will receive in that period making sure they will not spend more than they would receive.
That is it - you have now created a rudimentary budget. If you are in the negative you know you have got a problem. If you are in the positive, you are either doing really well or you have forgotten something. Keep working on your master list until you are comfortable with it. Checking your budget against your online or paper bank statement can be very helpful in finding things you have forgotten.
Together with a little bit of self-control and help from a few tried and true budgeting procedures you shall be able to ensure that your household budget is rapidly brought under your own control. Not just will this make you feel much more secure financially but it will also assist you to save more money for those genuinely essential things that you may want to obtain.
The budgeting process is designed to be flexible; and you should have an expectation that a budget will change from month to month, and will require ongoing monthly review. Expense overruns in one category of a budget should in the next month be accounted for or prevented. For example, if you or your family spends $50 more than planned on groceries, next month`s budget should reflect a$50 increase and decreases of $50 in other parts of their budget.
Budgeting does not need to be complicated. You do not need a master`s in accounting. You do not even need a computer. Pen and paper will do. A good family budget performs the following functions: - Keeps your checking account in the positive - Helps you get out of debt - Helps you save money for the future - Helps you spend your money on what is most important to your family There is not much else to it. As long as your family budget meets the above criteria, you have accomplished a lot.
List your income, how much and when during the month that you receive it. Then, list your recurring expenses - how much, to whom and when during the month that you pay them. Next, ballpark any other expenses you can come up with off the top of your head - things like groceries, gas, etc. and list those too. All of these steps can be done with just you and your spouse, a pad of paper and a pen or pencil. If you want to get a little fancy, a spreadsheet or simple budgeting software can help a lot.
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