Comments on: How to make paying your year end property taxes painless http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/ Proverbs 13:11 - "...he who gathers money little by little makes it grow." Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Key strategies to a successful budget | Sense to Savehttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3235 Key strategies to a successful budget | Sense to Save Mon, 19 May 2008 12:04:16 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3235 [...] the month these expenses come due, allocate a monthly amount and save it. For example, our property taxes are due each December. They generally run around $2000.00 for both county and city taxes. I [...] [...] the month these expenses come due, allocate a monthly amount and save it. For example, our property taxes are due each December. They generally run around $2000.00 for both county and city taxes. I [...]

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]]> By: glblguyhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3232 glblguy Thu, 13 Dec 2007 13:10:59 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3232 @threadbndr - Great comment, and just really puts some focus on how once you start doing this, how obvious it seems. I can't believe I wasn't doing this before. Oh if we only knew then what we know now. No panic, I'm all for no panic! Thanks for your comment. @threadbndr – Great comment, and just really puts some focus on how once you start doing this, how obvious it seems. I can’t believe I wasn’t doing this before. Oh if we only knew then what we know now. No panic, I’m all for no panic! Thanks for your comment.

]]> By: threadbndrhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3231 threadbndr Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:35:16 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3231 I do the one account with a spreadsheet for my irregular expenses, but I use an account that's directly linked (immediate transfer) to my checking account. I do have ING accounts for the efund and longer range saving (2-3 years out) for new car and house upgrades. The categories are: Property tax (vehicle and house), vet expenses, clothing, gifts, car repairs, insurance (vehicle, house, health) and their deductibles (life insurance is paid monthly). Basically anything that might be a budget buster. These expenses are, after all, accruals - you know they are coming, so there's little excuse not to fund them in advance. I'm trying to work up to having a year in advance for most of the categories. I agree, it's one of the best things I've done for myself. No more panic. I do the one account with a spreadsheet for my irregular expenses, but I use an account that’s directly linked (immediate transfer) to my checking account. I do have ING accounts for the efund and longer range saving (2-3 years out) for new car and house upgrades.

The categories are: Property tax (vehicle and house), vet expenses, clothing, gifts, car repairs, insurance (vehicle, house, health) and their deductibles (life insurance is paid monthly). Basically anything that might be a budget buster. These expenses are, after all, accruals – you know they are coming, so there’s little excuse not to fund them in advance. I’m trying to work up to having a year in advance for most of the categories.

I agree, it’s one of the best things I’ve done for myself. No more panic.

]]> By: glblguyhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3230 glblguy Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:35:07 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3230 @Dividents4Life - Thanks and appreciate that. @Dividents4Life – Thanks and appreciate that.

]]> By: Dividends4Lifehttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3229 Dividends4Life Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:32:45 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3229 Excellent article! I plan to include a link to your post in my weekly carnival review next Friday. Best Wishes! D4L Excellent article! I plan to include a link to your post in my weekly carnival review next Friday.

Best Wishes!
D4L

]]> By: glblguyhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3222 glblguy Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:08:37 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3222 TV Girl, good point on the interest. That is a bit of a hassle, although a minor one. Thanks! TV Girl, good point on the interest. That is a bit of a hassle, although a minor one. Thanks!

]]> By: TV Girlhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3221 TV Girl Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:05:08 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3221 I do the same thing for all of my irregular spending categories, and it's probably the single best thing I've done to reduce the stress I used to feel about my finances. It makes things a lot more predictable and steady so I don't feel like I'm constantly trying to come up with big lump sums for things like car registration and Christmas. I only have one ING account to keep track of all of my categories, but I keep an excel spreadsheet to track how much money is in each fund. I might switch to doing multiple accounts at some point, but right now I like that I can add all of the interest earned into one of the funds (my emergency fund) without having to do any actual bank transfers. I do the same thing for all of my irregular spending categories, and it’s probably the single best thing I’ve done to reduce the stress I used to feel about my finances. It makes things a lot more predictable and steady so I don’t feel like I’m constantly trying to come up with big lump sums for things like car registration and Christmas.

I only have one ING account to keep track of all of my categories, but I keep an excel spreadsheet to track how much money is in each fund. I might switch to doing multiple accounts at some point, but right now I like that I can add all of the interest earned into one of the funds (my emergency fund) without having to do any actual bank transfers.

]]> By: glblguyhttp://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3223 glblguy Fri, 07 Dec 2007 15:42:38 +0000 http://www.gatherlittlebylittle.com/2007/12/06/how-to-make-paying-your-year-end-property-taxes-painless/#comment-3223 Hi, thanks glad you enjoyed it. I have 6. Bob over at <a href="http://www.christianpf.com/how-i-organize-my-bank-accounts/" rel="nofollow">ChristianPF</a> has 6. Lauren at <a href="http://www.savingexplained.com/2007/09/01/how-to-create-ing-sub-accounts-in-7-easy-steps/" rel="nofollow">Saving Explained</a> looks like he has 15. Sounds like a good poll though. I'll put one up this weekend. I had one as well, and split them out, just makes it much easier to track. Thanks for the great comment and question! Hi, thanks glad you enjoyed it. I have 6. Bob over at ChristianPF has 6. Lauren at Saving Explained looks like he has 15. Sounds like a good poll though. I’ll put one up this weekend. I had one as well, and split them out, just makes it much easier to track. Thanks for the great comment and question!

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