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1.
The key to successful financial planning is managing ones _______.
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Cash flow. The key to a successful financial plan is managing ones cash flow.
2.
You can find out where you are spending money needlessly by _______.
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Tracking your spending for a while. The value of tracking your spending is that you become aware of every expense you make.
3.
An advantage of keeping money in a tax-deferred retirement plan is that you might pay lower taxes on the money when you eventually take it out. This is because _______.
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You may be in a lower tax bracket in retirement. Most retirees take in less income in retirement, which typically puts them into a lower tax bracket. This is not a given for everyone, though.
4.
Tax-deferral means _______.
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You don't pay taxes on your retirement earnings until you withdraw them. Tax-deferral means your earnings are sheltered, though you may still be taxed on your contributions and on your savings when you withdraw them.
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An effective way to "pay yourself first" so that you dont know your money has been taken out of your paycheck is to set up _______ savings program.
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An automatic. The key is to make it automatic so that it has been set aside before you know it.