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Why writing a budget should be your 2016 resolution
– moneysense.ca
OTTAWA – If you don’t have a budget, then financial planners want you to add another thing to your list of new year’s resolutions.
Credit counsellor Pamela George says budgeting is important no matter what your income.
“I think it is even more important for a bigger salary to have a budget because you need to account for it and you need to understand that $200,000 can finish as fast as $12,000,” said George, who works for the Credit Counselling Society in Ottawa.
Start with your paycheque. You need to know how much you are bringing in each month. Then list your mandatory expenses that you can’t really change, such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities, car payments, insurance and debts.
Learn how to budget and more. Get Money Fit »
George also includes savings and putting money aside for an emergency fund if you don’t already have one in the mandatory category.
“I take savings and put it under mandatory because it is mandatory that you save,” she said.
Then comes your discretionary spending for whatever you might have left over…
Credit counsellor Pamela George says budgeting is important no matter what your income.
“I think it is even more important for a bigger salary to have a budget because you need to account for it and you need to understand that $200,000 can finish as fast as $12,000,” said George, who works for the Credit Counselling Society in Ottawa.
Start with your paycheque. You need to know how much you are bringing in each month. Then list your mandatory expenses that you can’t really change, such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities, car payments, insurance and debts.
Learn how to budget and more. Get Money Fit »
George also includes savings and putting money aside for an emergency fund if you don’t already have one in the mandatory category.
“I take savings and put it under mandatory because it is mandatory that you save,” she said.
Then comes your discretionary spending for whatever you might have left over…
