An unexpected bill or periodic expense can wreck your budget, but it doesn't have to. There are two things in particular that people can do to prepare ahead of time for an unanticipated financial ...

When clients meet with a financial counselor at The Village Family Service Center in Fargo, the first thing the counselor gathers is a comprehensive list of fixed, variable and periodic expenses.

A ratio of less than one means expenses surpass income over the period being considered. At one end of the income-expense spectrum are individuals whose income does not cover their periodic needs, ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Ebony Howard is a certified public accountant and a QuickBooks ProAdvisor tax expert. She ...

An expense account sounds simple enough, but it actually means two different things in business. First, it's the process that lets employees pay for work expenses and get reimbursed by their company.

An expense account sounds simple enough, but it actually means two different things in business. First, it's the process that lets employees pay for work expenses and get reimbursed by their company.