“My college-age daughter really needs help budgeting,” a friend of mine said with a smile and a grimace, as he recounted the disturbing discovery that his daughter had “accidentally” spent $1000 of her tuition money on iTunes.
College and grad students really need to create a budget and stick to it. Big EZ Bookeeping suggests you download our free budgeting spreadsheet, Big E-Z Cash&Charges Tracker. It’s one piece of the larger Big E-Z Bookkeeping system, and although it was designed to record the expenses of a single event, like a family reunion, it could also work great for students who are budgeting one semester at a time.
This very simple free budgeting spreadsheet and expense tracker can help students track expenses all semester long. Enter your budget and the bookkeeping system automatically contrasts budgeted amounts with actual expenditures. Students can use this budgeting spreadsheet to record their initial inflow of money, put together a simple budget starting with their absolute necessities, and then, voila! They will see at a glance what they have left over for entertainment, eating out, or iTunes.
For students who already have multiple credit cards, or accounts, our complete budgeting spreadsheet system, 2012 Big E-Z Bookkeeping System is a wise investment. The Big EZ Bookkeeping system is an easy, detailed, electronic checkbook with customizable expense categories, automatic checking and other account reconciliation, fully-programmed Excel spreadsheets, and comprehensive reports that make tax time a breeze! The Budget Calculator that comes with the 2012 Big E-Z Bookkeeping System is worth the price of admission alone.
This new year of 2012, resolve to sit down with your college student and help him come up with a simple budget. Buy your student a 2012 Big E-Z system, or download the free Big E-Z Cash&Charges Tracker and help him get off on the right foot!
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