Schedule J

[Llelxon]

I am curious what the general opinion is regarding these schedule J expenses. Keep in mind that I have included forecasts for roof, furnace, ac replacement, drive way upkeep in Line 3. Food includes baby formula, diapers, makeup, hair care products.

Schedule J
Line 1 $1907 Housing (actual)
Line 2 $515 Utilities
Line 3 $300 Home Maintenance
Line 4 $1400 Food
Line 5 $200 Clothing
Line 6 $50 Laundry
Line 7 $350 Med/Dental
Line 8 $450 Transportation Costs
Line 9 $200 Entertainment (Includes kids piano lessons $95)
Line 10 $200 Charity
Line 11 $88 Auto Insurance
Line 12 $20 County auto tax & wheel tax
Line 13a $270 Car Payment
Line 14 $71 Child support (I pay insurance costs why reduced to this point)
Line 15 $50 Additional child support (not ordered school clothes shopping, car repairs, etc)
Line 17 $305 Other Animal care (horse, dog, cat), student loan, school lunch, school trips, school books
Line 18 $6246 Monthly Expenses

This is the revised schedule J I presented to my attorney for a family size of 7. Curious if anyone seeings anything that stands out as high/low.

Thanks

[Llelxon]

I should have mentioned that this is in Indiana.

[LimpDisc]

IRS National Standards - Apparel & services - Four Persons - $244

By their standards you are doing really good by only spending $200\month for a family of 7.

That's what stands out for me.

[Clouddancer]

I am curious what the general opinion is regarding these schedule J expenses. Keep in mind that I have included forecasts for roof, furnace, ac replacement, drive way upkeep in Line 3. Food includes baby formula, diapers, makeup, hair care products.

Schedule J
Line 1 $1907 Housing (actual)
Line 2 $515 Utilities
Line 3 $300 Home Maintenance
Line 4 $1400 Food
Line 5 $200 Clothing
Line 6 $50 Laundry
Line 7 $350 Med/Dental
Line 8 $450 Transportation Costs
Line 9 $200 Entertainment (Includes kids piano lessons $95)
Line 10 $200 Charity
Line 11 $88 Auto Insurance
Line 12 $20 County auto tax & wheel tax
Line 13a $270 Car Payment
Line 14 $71 Child support (I pay insurance costs why reduced to this point)
Line 15 $50 Additional child support (not ordered school clothes shopping, car repairs, etc)
Line 17 $305 Other Animal care (horse, dog, cat), student loan, school lunch, school trips, school books
Line 18 $6246 Monthly Expenses

This is the revised schedule J I presented to my attorney for a family size of 7. Curious if anyone seeings anything that stands out as high/low.

Thanks

Can you expense kid's piano lessons??

[Llelxon]

I have no idea about the piano lessons....just putting my expenses on there and see what is said. I posted this one on here because the first one I did and filed was way to low because I didn't go into detail or try to forecast any bigger expenses or irregular payments. My attorney never told me that the disposable income after schedule J really needs to be under the means test amount.