Organize expenses with Consumer’s Almanac
August 28, 2009 by Jennifer Chait
Filed under family, finances, financial matters
The Consumer’s Almanac from the Federal Citizen Information Center of the U.S. General Services Administration is a useful and easy to use guide that can help you learn how to organize and track your expenses. The current online free version is from 2006, but the date is a moot point. These tips can be used by anyone now to get a budget in order.
Features of the Consumer Almanac:
- How to create a basic budget including what to track, when to track it, and annual calender forms to track it on. Note, the calender templates are blank so you can fill in current dates.
- Which assets to track and how to compare these with your liabilities.
- Top ten tips to prepare for retirement.
- Full budget tracking sheets so you can see where your money is going. Great category set up too – from basics like rent and groceries to less basics like entertainment.
- Smart grocery shopping tips to save money.
- Tips specifically for dual income homes.
- College saving tips.
- An annual budget breakdown balance sheet that shows what income came in, what expenses went out, and more.
- PLUS tips on every other kind of budget issue you can imagine.
This almanac is all you need to compile an entire annual budget plan and not only offers the tips you need but the fill in sheets as well.
Download the Consumer’s Almanac for free.
