Simple ways to set up a personal account.

Have you ever always thought of a way to monitor your daily and monthly transactions? Even without having any knowledge about accounting you can set up a simple way to monitor your transaction and we will gladly lead you through.

What is a personal account?
For accountant and other financial related persons, the personal account being describe here is not really related to the Personal account you know, personal account in this term is a recording of transactions carried out by private persons which are kept by the individual to monitor their spendings.
Simple method to set up a personal account :

The mode of recording: you can go for digital form of recording which means you record your transaction in soft copies through the use of personal computers or you follow the traditional method of recording by buying a note to use for recording but do know you can as well use both method.just follow the ones that suit you.

2. Know your expenditures and know your income: in setting up your personal account you really need to know what incomes are and what expenditures are, for those not in financial related field,income can simply be money from a transaction coming to you.do you get it? It means you are not the one paying,you are being paid for a service you rendered. While expenditures simply are services you enjoyed which you are paying for and not been paid this time around.
A typical example of weekly expenditure is having a hair cut or having a hair do. You pay for the service and that is an expenditure on you now lets say the you are the barber it is a income to you..hope you get it? Good. now you write it down on a daily basis in any means of recording that suits you.

3 Monitor your incomes and expenditures: After each week of recording monitor your income and expenditure and try to see which one is increasing and which one is decreasing ..if your expenditure is more than your income please try to look at your record to know If there have been some reckless spending on your part if not try to cut your expenses down.If your income is more than your expenses this is a good sign and it is always advisable to continue that way. If both are equal it is a good sign but it means you are managing and very soon you might be propelled to increase your spendings therefore it is advisable to also reduce your expenditure by all means.

4. Compare it with your bank statement: it is advisable to always print your bank statement at the end of this month,comparing your bank statement with your personal will help you to reveal errors on your part or from the bank..
Thats all you need.

Please note that at the beginning of every month you should always keep a budget of your monthly spendings and you should follow it in the course of your starting your monthly record..


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