Customer Reviews

DOM840 BOOK,HOME BUDGET,10.5X7.5

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For a long time, I have been trying to get my spending under control. Everytime I began, I felt like I was inventing the wheel, for I did not know how many categories of spending to track, nor what I was going to track them with. I didn't feel like purchasing a computer program that may crash and really wouldn't help that much, but trying to create a budget shee from scratch proved daunting. One day, while shopping at Office Depot, I found this book, and I will forever be thankful.

The accounting book already has categories and is arranged for easy entry of daily expenses. Using the categories given, and one extra for Credit Cards, my wife and I have created a wonderful budgeting system. We cebelebrate days when there are no entries, and we are amazed at how quickly savings can increase once the money is being tracked. I recommend this book for everyone who is striving to get their finances in order. Don't buy another how-to book on budgeting, buy this book which is an essential, invaluable tool for following through on your goal. And for about $5, it is an incredible deal.

This is a really good home budget planner. Besides space to record monthly expenses and totals, there is pages of tax information (ten most common omissions on tax returns, comparison of what the average deductions are for income ranges, education tax incentives, how childs income is taxed etc),a page on 20 ways to save on your food bill, pages to record yearly tax deductions (medical, interest, child care, etc), and two pockets for you to keep you reciepts, etc.

I have been using this book for 5 years and haven't found a better budget book than this one. If you really want to know where you money is going and how to save money, this is the book for you.

If you want a home budget book, I recommend this one highly. My only complaint is that it doesn't have enough choices. The utilities are lumped together and there isn't an entry for all of them, such as "cable". I could have used a couple of more blank columns for our individualized expenses, such as internet and cell phones. I chose to cross out some of the ones I used less such as "household expense" and "loans" to use for other items I need to keep track of.

For the price, though, it can't be beat and makes book keeping for the math challenged (that would be moi) much, much easier.

I've looked at tons of different budget books and the Dome is the one I chose. For me the stark layout was a bit too much so I highlighted the weeks in different colors. I don't need all the categories for different utilities because mine are bundled with my rent. I just used white out and wrote my own category in for things like online shopping, post office fees and eating out. I also use a red pen for all my credit card purchases and then pay off the card at the end off the week so I never carry a balance. I set a monthly budget and then break it down by the week. I put the starting amount at the top and then add up how much I spent and write if I'm over or under. If I'm over, I subtract the amount I'm over from the rest of the weeks. If I'm under I put the extra money in savings. I also use the space between the week boxes at the top to show how much money I have left in the monthly budget. At the bottom of the page I also keep track of how much money I currently have in my checking account.
I keep the budget and control the money in our family but my husband earns the money so it makes us both feel better about our money when we can see at a glance how much is being spent and where it is going.
Setting up a budget is not easy or fast but it is absolutely worth the time. Keep a budget that works for you that way you will use it. I will be taking a couple of these Dome home budget books with me when I move back overseas.

We have used this budget book for over 30 years. I can track spending, save, and anticipate future expenditures. We never made much money but have been able to save and retire with sufficient income to travel and enjoy life. I think this method made our finances easier.

This is pretty useful recorekeeping system. However, it was a bit time consuming for me. I prefer Quicken Home and Business where I can subcategorize and have pc calculate budget for me.

I had Home Budget Book for couple of years and it made budgeting simple. Anybody who are interested in keeping financial situation under control should own this book

This budget book is easy to use and understand. The tips on taxes section is simply written, even for clueless people like me.

I really like this product. It has a lot of useful things. I think its the best budget book i have seen yet. Thank you for the timely delivery. The only thing this product needs is some blank spaces to add other things that are different with my budget...easily fixed with white out and a pen. Thank you.

My store stopped carrying the Dome book. I used the one they did have last year and never did like it. I'm so glad I found the Dome on your website. I'm using it this year and it's great for my needs.

The basic design of this budget book is good. Because we are older we don't need many of the printed categories such as child care,education,rent, loans, etc. I have used white-out tape on those.
I find the spaces TOO small. The book could be 8 or 9 inches in depth with a cooresponding change in length to allow more space to write.
My hunt for a good home budget book was long and disappointing until I found this one, so I am grateful for the design being workable.
Overall I am glad it was available.