Sunday, March 17, 2013

Engaging In A Reorder Check On Your Expense Outlays Adopting Excel

By Diane Kern


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.

Making use of an Excel spreadsheet greatly simplifies matters greatly. It helps check categories of items and totals up those expenses quickly. It helps one stay in budget for dining out, to insurances, groceries, utilities, car expenses, etc. By dividing it further into quarters, one can conveniently add property taxes, quarterly taxes, or other such items. By monitoring cash flow one and see where to reorder priorities for better financial results.

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. If only the government would take this attitude, our collective lives whould fare much better.

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.

Budgeting and planning are keys for developing a better life-style tomorrow. There are always checks and tradeoffs, more favorable options as well as favorable substitutions that can provide the vehicle for change. It's a balancing act that helps our future economic life.

By avoiding squandering your cash flow on lavish toys, expensive vacations and high priced autos, a budget puts things into tighter focus. It helps you check and get on top of your finances. So save your receipts and start budgeting!

Don't overlook the value of a budget or the virtues of an Excel spreadsheet. Keeping track of your finances can be fun and rewarding as you see your plans materialize. Better late than never.




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