gauss
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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For the two of us, our planned budget is $80,000 /year broken down as follows:
$55,000 - standard living costs (based on quicken historical data)
$10,000 - Fed/State income taxes
$ 5,000 - vacation
$ 5,000 - health care (assumes retiree group plan from Megacorp)
$ 5,000 - replacement cost accrual (car,home,furniture etc.)
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$80,000
Although your breakdown is different, the totals seem to be very similar (note that we did not have a tithing category).
Have you tracked actual expenses in quicken or some other tool? Having this historical data for us was very empowering.
-gauss
$55,000 - standard living costs (based on quicken historical data)
$10,000 - Fed/State income taxes
$ 5,000 - vacation
$ 5,000 - health care (assumes retiree group plan from Megacorp)
$ 5,000 - replacement cost accrual (car,home,furniture etc.)
--------
$80,000
Although your breakdown is different, the totals seem to be very similar (note that we did not have a tithing category).
Have you tracked actual expenses in quicken or some other tool? Having this historical data for us was very empowering.
-gauss