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Cash Flow Management
Part 2: Spending Plans

A. Income and Expenses
Read: Handout 1 - Spending Plan

Watch video: Video (16 minutes) - With Handout 1 - Spending Plan
Presenter: Gayle Rose Martinez, AFC - Accredited Financial Counselor and author, has counseled many individuals and families on financial issues, trained counselors and worked with UW-Extension in curriculum development for couselor training.

Define fixed and flexible expenses. How do you figure irregular expenses in the monthly spending plan and why?

B. Save Items and Debt
Watch Video: Video (8 minutes) - With Handout 1 - Spending Plan
Presenter: Gayle Rose Martinez, AFC

Activity: Think about your monthly save items and how you plan to save this amount each month.

Why have an expense for K-Mart, Home Depot, Wal-Mart? Why isn't having a miscellaneous category recommended?

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