Income & Expenses For March 2021: Saved $11,321.15, 99.19% of After-Tax Income

Since 2014, I have been tracking my monthly income and expenses. You can see a breakdown of every penny I earn and spend. 

By documenting my journey, I aim to demonstrate the feasibility of saving a significant portion of your income and provide some ideas and inspiration for your own budget.

Below are my income and expenses for March 2021. You can see all my monthly budgets since 2014 here and here.

	2021-Mar
Income
Wages	$3,116.19
Dividends	$1,612.35
Other Income	$607.99
Total Income	$5,336.53
Expense
Federal Income Tax
Federal Tax Pmt/(Refund)	-$6,209.00
FICA-SS	$131.38
FICA-Medicare
Housing
Student loan repayment	$0.00
Food	$49.76
Gasoline
Car Insurance
Car Reg/Tax/Maint
Cell phone
Electric	$3.05
Water	$24.65
Gas/Heating	$12.65
Clothing/laundry
Donation
Amazon sale costs	$2.89
Ebay fee
Other Expense
Total Expense	-$5,984.63
Surplus/(Deficit)	$11,321.15
Before Tax Saving Rate	212.14%
After Tax Income	$11,414.15
Ex-Tax Total Expense	$93.00
After Tax Saving Rate	99.19%

Income

Net Worth Update March 2021: $2,557,907.04 (+$100,229.96, +4.08%)

Welcome to my monthly net worth update! Here is how my assets, liabilities, and net worth have changed over the past month:

	Beginning balance on 3/1/2021	+ Cash inflow /(outflow)	+ $ P/L	= Ending Balance on 3/31/2021	% P/L	% Equity
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash	(14,648.27)	(1,630.49)	0.00	(16,278.76)	0.00%	-0.64%
Bonds	15,392.73	(99.32)	(26.09)	15,267.32	-0.17%	0.60%
Stocks	1,926,856.46	16,911.47	71,005.08	2,014,773.01	3.69%	78.77%
Total current assets	1,927,600.92	15,181.66	70,978.99	2,013,761.57	3.68%	78.73%
Tax-deferred retirement account	320,736.27	1,533.18	12,766.96	335,036.41	3.98%	13.10%
Roth IRA	147,857.60	(6,000.00)	5,044.27	146,901.87	3.41%	5.74%
Home	47,388.00		(520.00)	46,868.00	-1.10%	1.83%
Gold	18,685.95		1,389.33	20,075.28	7.44%	0.78%
Other non-current assets	1,060.36		30.40	1,090.76	2.87%	0.04%
Total assets	2,463,329.10	10,714.84	89,689.95	2,563,733.89	3.64%	100.23%
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Liabilities
Current liabilities	123.31	174.83	0.00	298.14		0.01%
Long-term liabilities
Student loan	5,528.71	0.00	0.00	5,528.71		0.22%
Other non-current liabilities	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00		0.00%
Total liabilities	5,652.02	174.83	0.00	5,826.85		0.23%
Equity (net worth)	2,457,677.08	10,540.01	89,689.95	2,557,907.04	3.65%	100.00%

Net worth: Bottom line up front, my net worth increased by $100,229.96,  up 4.08% this month due to marked-to-market investment gains (+$89,689.95, +3.65%) and net cash inflow (+$10,540.01, +0.43%). 

Here is the breakdown of my balance sheet: