Ch. 7 Flashcards
You must do a written ____ _____ every month
Cash flow
Money is ____
Active
What do u do with your checkbook?
You have to keep it balanced
Whats overdrafts?
Sign of crisis living and sloppy, lazy money habits
Use what kind of checks if necessary?
Duplicate
If not managed and made to behave the ___ card and the ____ card are certain to become budget busters
Debit, ATM
What are four reasons people hate the word budget?
- Has a straight jacket connotation
- It’s been used to abuse them
- They’ve never had a budget that worked
- Paralysis from fear of they will find
What are the four reasons cash flow plans don’t work..
- Leave things out
- Over complicate your plan
- Don’t actually do it
- Don’t actually live on it
What kind of money goes farther?
Managed
What can a written plan all do? (5)
- Remove management by crisis from your finances
- Can remove money fights from marriages
- Remove shame, guilt and fear that may be dealing with buying food or clothing
- Removes many of the overdrafts from your life, and stress
- Will show if your overspending on a certain area
Budget
Another name for cash flow plan, Every dollar you make is assigned to a specific category
Irregular income form
Form used by persons earning an inconsistent monthly income
Monthly cash flow form
Form used to do a budget
Duplicate checks
Helps people who forget to record checks in their register after writing them
Reconcile
To find out if the balance in your checking registry matches the balance reported on the bank statement
Currency
A system of money in general use in a particular country
Whats active
Money
If not managed these can be considered budget busters
ATM, debit
Carbon checks
Have a second copy behind them, made of special paper, which then makes a copy of each check as you write the,
Discipline, whats the key to wealth building?
Used for behavior, be consistent over time (discipline)
Envelope system, what are the catergories
Used to store cash for monthly expenses, help people manage their monthly finances , categories food, entertainment, gas