Budgeting

As much as I love gift-giving and the holiday season in general, I often find that it sneaks up on me. If you’re anything like me, you often find yourself in mid-December scrambling to get presents bought, wrapped, and even mailed. That last minute scramble often means paying more for gifts than you intended, since […]

Most of us are well aware how debt works. We know we shouldn’t buy things that we can’t afford. Instead, we know we’re supposed to save up for major purchases. It’s just smart financial sense to not make a bunch of purchases that drive up your debt. However, when it all comes right down to […]

Overhead costs are ongoing business expenses that are not directly attributed to creating a product or service. Calculating and keeping track of overhead is important for any business. Not only does it make budgeting easier, but it’s also used to determine how much they should charge for their products in order to turn a profit. […]

Capital budgeting is a business term used to describe the process of determining how to best use the capital the company has on hand. Should they expand? Should they reinvest in a new factory to increase capacity? Is it profitable to acquire another business for expansion? In other words, capital budgeting is the process of […]