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Claire is applying for a loan to purchase a pre‐owned car. She is told that the monthly payment for the loan would be $200. She wants to make sure that she can afford this monthly loan payment, so she is creating an Income and Expense Statement to summarize her financial transactions for a month. Claire saved her paycheck stub and all receipts for the month of August and summarized the information below. Use this information to help Claire create an Income and Expense Statement for the month. Claire was lucky to land her dream job several years ago. She is paid $4,000.00 per month before deductions. Her August paycheck stub indicated that she pays $800.00 in Federal Income Taxes, $230.64 in Social Security and $53.94 in Medicare taxes. As part of her job she …show more content…

She appreciates that this is automatically deducted from her paycheck. To ensure she is prepared for retirement, she also saves $50.00 per month in a personal retirement account. As part of her job she also receives excellent health insurance, a benefit for which she only pays $120.00 per month. Even though her health insurance covers the majority of her medical expenses she still has to pay a small percentage of the out‐of‐pocket costs, so she budgets $75.00 per month. Claire understands the importance of saving money for future use and emergencies so she diligently saves $400.00 per month by having the money automatically transferred to her savings account. After saving for a down payment, last year Claire was able to reach her goal of home ownership and she purchased a small house. She pays $800.00 per month towards her mortgage which also includes her property taxes. Other costs of owning her home include $150.00 for all utilities and $50.00 for homeowner’s insurance. Her house was only a couple years old when she purchased it so maintenance costs are low. She tracked about $50.00 per month in various household maintenance and cleaning

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