Reduced Income? - Overhaul Your Budget
- By Irsan Komarga
- Published 21/04/2010
- Finances
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If at any given point of time you have to decrease your income, this means that you need to go for overhauling your budget. This could be due to various reasons. Couple of changes here and there would not matter much. However if your income reduces by almost half then you need to seriously work upon imaginative ways to make money. Else there will be deeper risk of debt for you.
How to Overhaul Your Finances
Begin by exploring your basics like your phone bills, your house and the car. Sometimes when we think of overhauling our budget we focus on luxuries, however we can begin by some basics as well. These necessities have to be done away with in times of exigencies like this when income reduces to about half. Let’s take an example – If your business requires you to maintain numerous phones, you may need to reconsider this and keep the one most important for your business. This is just a temporary arrangement till the time your income does not get back to normal. These thought process will support you in such economic crises and help you in getting them through this rough patch.
The above detailed applies the following as well :
• Those who are out of their job are expecting to be soon out of their work for some reason.
• There as been a reduction in business that was managed by you alone.
• There has been reduction in job hours.
• Salary paid on an hourly basis or on a regular
basis has reduced.
• A new job has been taken up which gives substantially less income.
Negotiating and Bartering:
One of the best strategies to work on your reduced budget is to ask for a discount n whatever you purchase and wherever possible. Ask for a concession when paying for goods and services, like medical, etc. Use cash as an alternative of credit.
Request for a concession when making purchase for more than one item. You can negotiate upon rendering your services in exchange of products and services. For example, if you are a CA or an accountant, you can always offer your services in lieu of the goods/service sold at a shop.
Choices of lifestyle:
If you are overhauling your budget, it also means some changes in your lifestyle. Let’s look at an example to understand this better – at present you may be living in a house that requires a high rent, a change in your budget may require you to shift to a smaller house. You may just be near to your office and a car is not compulsory for you to maintain. You may just consider the option to do away with the car. If there are payments to be made for the car, either you can do away with it and use alternatives for transport or simply ask your friend or relative to take over the payments, if possible. These changes will mean a lot to you, however at times you have to make these changes according to the current needs. For those who are deeply worried about their debts and have had to face with income cut, they may just go with the advice given above.
How to Overhaul Your Finances
Begin by exploring your basics like your phone bills, your house and the car. Sometimes when we think of overhauling our budget we focus on luxuries, however we can begin by some basics as well. These necessities have to be done away with in times of exigencies like this when income reduces to about half. Let’s take an example – If your business requires you to maintain numerous phones, you may need to reconsider this and keep the one most important for your business. This is just a temporary arrangement till the time your income does not get back to normal. These thought process will support you in such economic crises and help you in getting them through this rough patch.
The above detailed applies the following as well :
• Those who are out of their job are expecting to be soon out of their work for some reason.
• There as been a reduction in business that was managed by you alone.
• There has been reduction in job hours.
• Salary paid on an hourly basis or on a regular
• A new job has been taken up which gives substantially less income.
Negotiating and Bartering:
One of the best strategies to work on your reduced budget is to ask for a discount n whatever you purchase and wherever possible. Ask for a concession when paying for goods and services, like medical, etc. Use cash as an alternative of credit.
Request for a concession when making purchase for more than one item. You can negotiate upon rendering your services in exchange of products and services. For example, if you are a CA or an accountant, you can always offer your services in lieu of the goods/service sold at a shop.
Choices of lifestyle:
If you are overhauling your budget, it also means some changes in your lifestyle. Let’s look at an example to understand this better – at present you may be living in a house that requires a high rent, a change in your budget may require you to shift to a smaller house. You may just be near to your office and a car is not compulsory for you to maintain. You may just consider the option to do away with the car. If there are payments to be made for the car, either you can do away with it and use alternatives for transport or simply ask your friend or relative to take over the payments, if possible. These changes will mean a lot to you, however at times you have to make these changes according to the current needs. For those who are deeply worried about their debts and have had to face with income cut, they may just go with the advice given above.