Running a home is not a very easy task. Especially if your earning is not extremely well like Hollywood stars, running your family smoothly is an art that you must muster. One thing you can and should do is plan monthly as well as yearly budgets and work accordingly. Everyone has some wishes in life, like owning a house or a luxurious car. You can set these as your financial goals and if you plan well you can actually achieve all your wishes within a very short time without compromising on any other things in your life. You might wonder why you would require doing yearly financial planning when you are religiously doing monthly financial planning. The reason is, monthly financial planning would ensure the smooth running of your home throughout the month but yearly financial planning would include your taxes as well.
It is better to get your yearly financial planning done at the very beginning of the financial year i.e. once all your taxes are paid and all your dues are settled at your workplace, you have had your salary hike and so on. A yearly financial plan is like a kind of guideline that you can follow throughout the year to utilize your earning to the optimum. It goes without saying that there might be huge variations at the end of the year from what you planned at the beginning of the year. The reason can be many things, from sudden hospitalization to any other sudden expenses. A whole human life can change within a year let alone financial plans. But if you have a record of your plan you would at least be able to see where the variations occurred as well as the reasons for the variations and can act accordingly while planning for the next financial year. Hence even if you know that it is not possible to strictly follow your financial plans to the hilt, you should still plan your yearly finances nevertheless.
When you start planning your yearly budget, first decide on all the necessary expenses that are unavoidable. Next calculate the amount of tax on which you can make a saving and decide on how much amount each month would be enough for saving on taxes. Also calculate the amount you would like to save at the end of the year that would enable you to fulfill your wishes. If at least you can follow this last one i.e. save the amount you have planned, somehow, you would have achieved what you have actually set out to do. You would be able to fulfill your long cherished wishes without having to sacrifice your lifestyle or any such thing in the process.
