Create a personal income statement for the past year using the same format as Alice's Income Statement, the textbook or the above Income Statement. Include all relevant categories of income and expenses.

1. What does your income statement tell you about your current financial situation? For example, where does your income come from, and where does it go?
2. Do you have a surplus of income over expenses? If, so what are you doing with the surplus? Do you have a deficit? What can you do about that?
3. Which of your expenses has the greatest effect on your bottom line? What is the biggest expense? Which expenses would be easiest to reduce or eliminate?
4. How else could you reduce expenses?
5. Realistically, how could you increase your income?
6. How would you like your income statement for the next year to look?