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minor financial happenings that add up to my life.

June 6th, 2009 at 02:46 pm

Things are going well. I have recently had a few financial issues crop up.

*BB signed his contract for his new/old team and he is getting paid his original amount! But they will not reimburse him for the money he lost during the 1 month he was traded. I am happy for him, he did very well considering what they could have made him sign. So far he has had 2 outings with the team- did ok the first outing- allowed 1 run- but last night he did much better allowing no runs in 3 innings, though 2 people got on base. (just my moment to brag)

* I got my first paycheck from my new job and they only took out $7.00 for taxes!? It was for 1 weeks pay- but doesn't that seem wrong? I don't really understand what to file under- so I filed married with 1 dependent. (BB makes less than 10k a year so he feels like a dependent sometimes. LOL.)

*I have had 3 NSD's in a row! It is much much easier to not spend money when BB is away. I feel much "healthier" financially- finally saving money coming in than having a negative cash flow.

* I got to try out my new 2009 budget now that June has rolled around. It's a little complicated. I had to open 2 new savings accounts and break up checks to go into different accounts. I need to learn a streamlined version. I currently have 3 savings accounts and 1 checking account...is that excessive?

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4 Responses to “minor financial happenings that add up to my life. ”

  1. frugaltexan75 Says:
    June 6th, 2009 at 07:54 pm 1244318053
    1244318053

    Excessive? Um... no. Smile I have ... 3 checking accounts and 5? savings accounts. I should really close one of the checking accounts, because I don't ever use it.

    I don't remember where it is, but there is a calculator that you can input all your info into it and it will tell you what you should file as - i.e. how many dependents, etc.

  2. whitestripe Says:
    June 6th, 2009 at 10:35 pm 1244327703
    1244327703

    it's not excessive, but if it feels like it then it might not be the best way for you to split up your money. i LIKE having it all split up, alas i would be costing myself money if i split it all up now, so i have to adapt to having only one savings account. *sigh*

  3. lizajane Says:
    June 7th, 2009 at 05:23 am 1244352193
    1244352193

    The tax tables are at
    Text is http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n1036.pdf and Link is
    http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n1036.pdf. Page 9 is where I found the married/weekly pay table. For 1 dependent, $7 is withheld when wages are between $440 & $450. Hope that helps some!

  4. gamecock43 Says:
    June 7th, 2009 at 12:24 pm 1244377491
    1244377491

    Thanks! Liza, that does help. I will look into that website. And I'm relieved having 4 accounts is not excessive. I'll keep doing this routine of splitting up checks to see how it goes.

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