Question

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Subject: Hong Kong Personal Financial Planning Practice

Q5. D

Ms. X is a fresh graduate and just found a job at a bank. Her monthly salary is $15,000, with no bonus and no commission. After some calculation, she knows that she needs to save $60 per month for tax payment. She lives in Sha Tin and works in Central, so her transportation cost per working day is $31 and she spares $40 for lunch per working day. She works 22 days a month. She lives with her parents and plans to give $4,000 to them every month for housing and utilities expenses. She spends 10% of her monthly income on entertainment and 15% on clothing and cosmetics. Calculate her monthly net cash flow, please show all the steps.

Answer 1

Computation of Cash Inflow

Salary = $15,000

Gross Cash Inflow = $ 15,000

Computation of CAsh Outflow

Transportation Cost per working day = $31

Lunch Cost per working day = $40

Total of Transportation & Lunch per day = $71

Number of WOrking Days = 22

Expense towards transportation & Lunch per month = Expense per day * Number of working days

= $ 71 * 22 = $1,562 ------------------------(A)

Housing & Utlities Expense per month = $ 4,000 ----------------------------(B)

Entertainment expense = 10% of monthly income

= 10% * 15,000

= $1,500 -----------------------------------------(C)

Expense for Clothing & Cosmetics = 15% of monthly income

= 15%*15,000

= $ 2,250 -----------------------------------------(D)

NET CASH FLOW COMPUTATION

Net CAsh flow = Cash Inflow - Cash Outflow

= $15000 - (A)-(B)-(C)-(D)

= 15,000-1562-4000-1500-2250

= $ 5,688

The net cash flow is $ 5,688.

Note for Tax payment :

Ms. X is to save $ 60 per month for tax payment. She is not actually paying in the current month.

Hence, no cash flow arises on account of tax payment at present.