Making the most of Automatic Withdrawal
General March 24th, 2009
It’s fact that automatic withdrawal is a powerful tool to help you pay bills and get your savings on track. It’s a horrible chore every month sending bills off. Every month that you’ve to seat, sort through a lot of bills, take out your chequebook, match-up the enfolds with the bills of Visa credit cards, write out cheques, go to the post office, it’s boring, time-consuming, and frankly, not that efficient.
Consider automatic withdrawal. In these days almost any company will allow you to pay by it. This is a service that most banks will do for you for free. The only thing you need to know is the date, and the amount to be withdrawn from your bank account. If money is really tight, you are able to limit this service to bills that are a fixed amount every month. Your utility bill will usually vary every month for instance. However your rent, mortgage, car payment, and credit card bills generally are the same. Remember if it’s possible for you, to pay at least a little more than the minimum on your monthly bills of Capitol One credit cards.
Almost any banks will offer you their service to send out checks for you. Find out if your bank can offer this service for you and how much the cost is. If it’s only a few additional bucks a month – by all means do it. The time and stress you will save are worth it.
Now that decided to get your bills on automatic withdrawal, you should do the same for your savings. Put money in a college account for your children, in a savings account, or in a 401k if your company offers one. If you take away a little bit every month, and put it in a saving account, you’ll be surprised with how it sums up over time. It’s a proven way to get out of debt and financially secure.
What’s the reason you should put your savings on automatic pilot? Because if you don’t, you will always find something else to spend the money on. If you decide to put your savings and bill paying on automatic, you will find it much easier and less stressful to get free of debt.
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