June 2010 Budget Breakdown
There is less than one month left until my TDY is over and I will be flying to Dubai then back to sunny California. For the past five months my income has definitely jumped a bit while I tried to keep the expenses minimal, but random expenses kept cropping up throughout the TDY (eg. laptop meltdown of 2010, G-star deep discounts, food bash in Kuwait City). So here’s a average overview of the budget I’ve been trying to stick to for the past five months.
Income:
- Salary (after tax) – 6,000
- Rental Income (no tax since negative cashflow) – 700
Total Income: 6,700
Expenses:
- Rental Costs (HOA of 276, mortgage loan of 870, property tax of 150) – 1,296
- Student Loans – 190
- Prepayment of Rental – 500
- Savings – 4,414
- Discretionary Expenses – 300
Total Expenses: 6,700
Compared to the November 2009 Budget Breakdown, it can be seen that the main differences lie in lower discretionary expenses (600 to 300, down 50%) and higher savings (1,460 to 4,414, up 202%) due to a higher salary (3,400 to 6,000, up 76%). I gotta admit that I do like this new salary and being able to stash away a lot of money for investments, too bad the gravy train is ending in a month. But I am even more happy that I’m heading home away from this 120+ degree sweltering heat! Ain’t no amount of money worth living here.
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