“It’s totally worth it to see how much money you have to work with. It helps you know your limits.”
Helen, San Francisco
Helen, San Francisco
The goal: determine your MONTHLY NET income (what you make on a monthly basis AFTER taxes and deductions have been taken out of your paycheck).
1. List your monthly net income from your job or jobs:
| Job Income |
(Again, make sure you list monthly net income, which is the monthly amount of income you are paid AFTER taxes and deductions have been taken out of your paycheck. Look at your paystubs/paychecks or talk to your employer.)
2. List the MONTHLY AMOUNT you receive from other sources of income
| Child support: | |
| Alimony: | |
| Social Security: | |
| Public Benefits: | |
| Other: | |
| TOTAL: |
3. ADD UP number 1 above plus the total you listed in number 2 above.
| Total Net Income | *. |
*Important: You are going to use this number on the next section’s budget form. Print out this form, or save it on your computer to save the paper use. This program doesn’t save your information so once you switch from this page, the information you entered is removed.