The 2012 Budget and Expense Tracker (In Five Steps) Created by Presh Talwalkar www.mindyourdecisions.

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Step 1: Categories and Budgeting

1. Delete, rename, or add categories as necessary. 2. Do not delete "Unplanned Savings" and "Planned Savings" Categories (Unplanned savings is the surplus or deficit from your monthly spending versus income; Planned savings include retirement accounts like 401(k) or Roth IRA or any other savings you consciously budget for) 3. Set a monthly budget for each category

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Step 2: Indi

1. Write each expense in a new row, w

NOTE: the month must be numerical v Step 5 to work

2. Write in costs as a positive number. 3. Include taxes.

Category Unplanned Savings Planned Savings Utilities Food Insurance Transportation Personal Care Entertainment Miscellaneous Charity Taxes Housing

Monthly Budget

Month

Day

Step 2: Individual Expenses

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Step 3: Pre-Tax (Gros Income.

e each expense in a new row, with a month and category.

the month must be numerical value (1, 2, ..., 12) for the summary table in to work

1. Write gross income for each month.

e in costs as a positive number.

de taxes.

Transaction

Category

Cost 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Month

Year-to-date Running Total

tep 3: Pre-Tax (Gross) Income.

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Step 4: Savings and Spending Analysis (Don't Edit: these are automatically calculated and

Write gross income for each nth.

1. See how savings and spending changes month by month.

Income 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Month

Spending 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unplanned Savings 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Unplanned Savings % of Income

$0.00

Year to date Running Totals

0.00

0.00

d Spending Analysis ically calculated and updated)

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Step 5: Category Analysi (Don't Edit: these are automaticall

1. Copy formulas from row 21 into new ro

nth by month.

2. See how your monthly average spendin

Planned Savings $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ -

Total Savings 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total Savings % of Income

Category Unplanned Savings Planned Savings Utilities Food Insurance Transportation Personal Care Entertainment Miscellaneous Charity Taxes Housing

Total Category $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ -

0.00

0.00

ep 5: Category Analysis and Budgeting these are automatically calculated and updated)

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mulas from row 21 into new rows if you add more categories

our monthly average spending compares to your planned budget

Year-to-date Monthly Average

Monthly Budget $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ -

Year-to-date % Gross Income

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