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2. Find where you spend the most money on a monthly basis. The top two or three items are where you need to do the most work.

This one stood out. There is one item that exceeds all our combined costs for housing, utilities, meals, transportation, medical, clothes, insurance and misc. Most of our money goes to taxes on a monthly basis. That would be direct payroll taxation including real estate taxes. That does not include the hiddent fees and indirects. This is the reason it has come to this.

There is one item that exceeds all our combined costs for housing, utilities, meals, transportation, medical, clothes, insurance and misc. Most of our money goes to taxes on a monthly basis. That would be direct payroll taxation including real estate taxes. That does not include the hiddent fees and indirects. This is the reason it has come to this.

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This one stood out. There is one item that exceeds all our combined costs for housing, utilities, meals, transportation, medical, clothes, insurance and misc. Most of our money goes to taxes on a monthly basis. That would be direct payroll taxation including real estate taxes. That does not include the hiddent fees and indirects. This is the reason it has come to this.

1. Quarterly payroll, property tax, business "licenses" at the state, county, and city levels.

2. Car. This is a required item in my profession, along with the required insurances.

3. Vet and animal care. I have several special needs animals that I committed to taking care of.

I was considering #1 the other day. As a sole proprietor and how much is going out to taxes, fees, and permits or some sort. Really it is quite a chunk of change and even #2 is subject to government required expenditures. From the air quality testing requirement for a new car to the license and proofs of insurances.

To really think about it, it becomes overwhelming and I would think a vast amount of average folks ready your thrifty list would ever consider payments to the government their biggest living expenses. Why? Because the government nickles and dimes us to death from our payroll taxes, to property taxes, to regional taxes(we have that here), to city taxes, to sales taxes, to phone taxes, to utility fees and taxes, to entertainment taxes, to restaurant taxes, to the assorted gas taxes...