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For this Assignment the objective is to create a working budget for a student or a non-student living on his/her
own.
Some costs everyone will have, some are choices.... choose wisely...
Below you will find a link to the budget worksheets... choose either the student or the non-student
and copy and paste into a word document to fill in...when it is all filled in you will e-mail it in. Use the resources
below and people you know who live on their own to help you get the information. *Do not fill in the "actual
amount" column--leave this for when you use your budget and plan for the following year!
Check out these websites to start:
Good Website to calculate incometax values
Click Here to get a budget worksheet to fill out
Some resources that may help you fill in your budget:
Finding an apartment to
rent:
http://www.mls.ca
http://www.rentsline.com
Finding a used car to purchase:
http://www.icbc.com/buy_car/
http://www.bcauto.ca
http://www.usedvictoria.com
*phone insurance companies to ask
cost
*talk to people you know who own
cars to find out about upkeep costs
Finding some basic furnishings
for your place:
http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CA/
http://www.usedvictoria.com
or use flyers in newspaper, store
catalogues
Hydro Cost:
phone BC Hydro
1 800 224 9376
and
find out what the basic hook up and monthly fee would be for an appartment.
Check out their website for
more information:
http://www.bchydro.com
Heat Cost:
http://www.terasengas.com/default.htm
(go
to residential on main menuàthen
Account Servicesà rates
for your areaàVancouver Island
& Sunshine Coast)
Phone Cost:
http://www.telus.com
http://www.shaw.ca/ (can get bundles for phone, internet, cable)
(go
to phoneà then
phone bundles)
Cable/Internet
Cost:
http://www.shaw.ca/
(look
under products & services)
Water/utilities:
http://www.saanich.ca/finance/utilitybill.html
Determining
education costs:
http://www.careercruising.com
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