Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 24, 2012

For our personal tax returns, I keep an ongoing "Taxes" file for any paper work that we need to support our tax deductions, such charity receipts, Goodwill donations receipts, real estate and school tax statements, year-end statements for mortgage interest, student loan interest, interest-bearing checking and savings accounts.

Office Supplies 153

Office Supplies Taxes Office Simple 153

Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 26, 2021

With little money in their bank accounts, these Americans couldn’t afford these unfortunate expenses without using a credit card or maybe relying on a loan from family and friends. That emergency fund saved our business, our sanity, and our marriage. Create a separate savings account and call it your Emergency Fund.

Emergency Fund 130

Emergency Fund Building 2007 Credit Cards 130

Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Three to six months living expenses used to be what the personal finance experts recommended, but in today's environment, maybe six months to a year is more prudent. It is not a spending account. Save it and forget about it. Which comes first: saving for an emergency OR paying off debt? Thanks for reading.

Emergency Fund 127

Emergency Fund 2007 Personal Finance Debt 127