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Introduction
The purpose of this template is to help you define a monthly budget and
compare your budget to your actual income and expenses.
This worksheet uses a separate Excel Table for each major Budget category.
This allows you to insert and delete sub-categories easily.
Step 1 Update Budget Categories
You can modify the sub-categories within each table, but if you remove an
entire major category, then you will need to modify the formulas in the Budget
Step 2 Summary table. Amounts
Enter Budget
If you are not sure how to set up your budget, read the article "How to Make a
Budget with a Spreadsheet" listed below.
Step 3 Enter Actual Amounts
You can either update the worksheet throughout the month, or wait until the
end of the month to enter the actual income and expenses.
Difference Column
The cells in the Difference column use conditional formatting to make negative
numbers red. If you spend more than you budgeted, the Difference between
the Projected and Actual values will be negative, and if your Actual income is
Budget Summary
less than your Projected income, the Difference will be a negative number.
The Monthly Budget Summary table totals up all your income and expenses
and calculates the Net as Income minus Expenses. If your Net is negative, that
Taking the means you have overspent your monthly budget.
Next Step
This worksheet is a simple way to create a monthly budget, but when you are
ready to move on to a more advanced budgeting tool, try our Money
Management Template listed below.
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