Authors: Judy Lawrence, Judy
ISBN-13: 9781427796721, ISBN-10: 1427796726
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
Date Published: January 2008
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Judy Lawrence, MS Ed., lives in Silicon Valley and is a Personal Financial Counselor, Budget Coach and popular speaker on basic money management. Her master’s degree in counseling enhances her skill in helping people manage their money. Judy has been a frequent guest on TV and radio including CNBC, WGN, Iyanla Show, CNN Radio, USA Radio Network and Business Talk Radio and featured in Money, Kiplinger’s, the Chicago Sun-Times, and San Jose Mercury News.
One of the best-loved roadmaps in the budget management genre, The Budget Kit is purchased year in and year out by its legions of dedicated fans who have learned to make budgeting as second nature as breathing. Judy Lawrence makes it easy, with this proven workbook for getting your financial house in order.
Covering everything from daily expenses to retirement and investments, child support, medical expenses, mail order purchases, gift giving, and tax deductible expenses, it offers an overall view of personal and family finances in monthly and yearly snapshots. The Budget Kit helps consumers:
More than 50 graphs, forms and charts make the budgeting concepts crystal clear, and embody the hands-on attitude necessary to take charge of personal financial management.
Preface | viii | |
Prologue | x | |
Introduction: How to Use The Budget Kit | 1 | |
Living in a Cashless Society | 7 | |
Online Information Record | 15 | |
Part 1 | ||
Net Worth Statement | 21 | |
Setting Financial Goals | 23 | |
Identified Goals Worksheet | 25 | |
Goals Savings Record | 26 | |
Needs/Wants List | 27 | |
Part 2 | ||
Yearly Budget Worksheet (Non-Monthly Anticipated Expenses) | 33 | |
Gift Giving Worksheet | 40 | |
Christmas/Holiday Expense Worksheet | 42 | |
Monthly Budget Worksheet | 43 | |
Variable Income Worksheet | 60 | |
Windfall Planner | 66 | |
Multiple Sales Monthly Planner | 67 | |
Debt Payoff Record | 71 | |
Debt Repayment Worksheet | 78 | |
Credit Card Purchase Record | 80 | |
Monthly Expense Record | 84 | |
Summary-for-the-Year Record/End-of-the-Year Tax Information | 113 | |
Part 3 | ||
Medical Expense Record | 119 | |
Flexible Spending Record | 122 | |
Tax-Deductible Expense Record | 124 | |
Miscellaneous Expense Record | 127 | |
Investment/Savings Record | 130 | |
Savings Activity Record | 134 | |
Retirement Savings Record | 135 | |
Child Support Records | 136 | |
Child Support Payment Record | 138 | |
Child Support Enforcement Record | 139 | |
Child Visitation Record | 139 | |
Subscription Record | 140 | |
Online and Mail Order Purchase Record | 141 | |
Recommended Reading | 145 | |
Online Resources | 149 | |
Mvelopes Personal | 151 | |
Index | 157 | |
About the Author | 160 |