A Better Way to Manage Your Everyday Money - Book - Page 82
Bills expense
Bills are financial obligations for the goods and services in your life that you are required to
make payments toward.
Classes of bills
Most of the bills you will have are predictable. They come due on a fixed, monthly schedule.
The payment amount tends to be the same month-to-month but, like your telephone, can vary
slightly or, like utilities, can vary seasonally. Typical predictable bills include:
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Rent or mortgage
Telephone/Internet
Utilities (electricity, water, garbage, sewer)
Loans (auto, home, personal, etc.)
Insurance (home, health, auto, etc.)
Gym memberships
Subscriptions (magazines, newspapers, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu, etc.)
For unpredictable expenses, you may not know in advance when bill payments will be due, how
many payments there will be, and/or how much the payment amounts will be. Examples of
unpredictable bills include:
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