After all of the waiting and wondering, my employer decided to pay us a full week early this month. I guess they wanted people to see the lower checks and be able to plan better for the end of the month and upcoming bills on the first of next month. One of the hourly paid workers told me her check went down by $60 so I was a bit worried about mine.
When I checked ING I saw that my income had gone down by $30.95. This is about the amount I would spend on gas on a monthly basis, or it also means that is one full box of lobster tails for the month. I guess I should not complain because it is not a gigantic blow to my budget, which I have been setting at $200 below my monthly income anyway.
It was a good thing I planned my spending on bills and savings to be less than what I actually made because if I had been spending the full amount then I would need to readjust my budget and move funds around. As it stands, this just means that there will be $30 less in the buffer in my checking account in ING at the end of the month
My income went up by $15 per pay or $30 per month. I’m not happy though because once I’ve gotten used to my “extra” money, the tax cut will go away next year and my paycheck will decrease again.
I wish the govt would stop playing with the tax tables.
Sorry to hear that your income dropped a bit. I don’t think the income tax works like that here in Canada. I don’t recall ever seeing my regular paycheck decrease in January. Hopefully you get a raise soon to offset that drop.
Oh that drop on income really hurts…sorry to hear that. I hope things will get better for the coming months…
Things will get better and because I have my emergency fund set up I am not worried about that $30 a month. This will not affect my budget in a negative way because I was budgeting for $200 less than my actual paycheck every month.
then that’s nice to hear! and I think you are really good when it comes to budgeting, how I wish I can do the same…