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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-04-02, Page 41The Farris Edition, Week of April 2, 1980 - 11 How much debt can you handle? Take twenty minutes when your income tax return is complete to determine your debt repayment capacity. First, list your Loans and opposite each, put down the total amount owing and the annual payment in interest and principal. Total the an- nual payments. Next, take your total for,cash expenses and deduct the amount for livestock purchases and int- - erest. Then, add on ' the figure for debt payments and. personal living. The result- ing figure is the income you need to meet your cash out- flow commitments. Livestock purchases can be left in if they are small and of a regular nature. Deduct pur- chases. of a larger dollar amount that will be financd by a separate loan. Interest is deducted from the expenses and then added back in with the debt payments. Establish one milk standard.... •from page 3 -otally blended price now. It's time we have some equality among producers," Kabbes said. He saidwith the new quota exchange about to come into operation, without the ap- proval of farmers, the O.M.M.B. shouldexhibit some form of responsibility to ensure the transition to one -pool pricing is not made impossible by Group 1 pool prices going too high. He said the O.:M.M.B. should be quite. aware of producers' feelings in favour of one pool pricing, as many had attempted to voice opin- ions during county meetings even though board members present always appeared to try to bury the question. Is the income sufficient if you sell your usual number of hogs on a 55c market? Where so you - stand .with a 52c marked? If you cash crop, then this income should be included along with the income from the .pigs. Get talking with your ad- visors right away if the in- come is less than the cash outflow. Maybe some -loans can be spread overr'anore YOU'RE VtlHLSTLING .. . 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RATE YOUR MANAGEMENT You can rate your man- agement, • whether you are a beginner with high debt payments. or an "old pro" with few debts. You simply deduct interest, livestock purchases, and labour pay- ments off the total of your cash expenses (without de- preciation) and subtract the resulting figure from your gross income minus livestock purchases. This final figure is the dollars that you have for - Debt servicing - Personal living . Hired and owner labour. It should be calculated as a ▪ percent of gross income. You can then note your manage- ment: Good Average 35 - 40% 25-30% Fair 15 - 20% A good manager, with an adjusted gross income of $100,000, would have $35(000 to $40,000 for debt servicing, family living, wag -- es and/or hired labour. The poor manager would have only $5,000 to $20,000. Nat- urally,'the first man can handle a much greater debt load or he can handle the same debt load with a small volume of production. He's keeping more out of each - dollar for himself. 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