Comments on: How to Track Your Spending in Excel

By: Saturday Morning Coffee

Saturday Morning Coffee — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 13:24:44 +0000

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By: Ted Jenkin

Ted Jenkin — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:33:20 +0000

There are a slew of software programs (some free) that can do all of this automatically without the effort of excel. I have a great program I use that even lets me teach the computer rules so it remembers isolated bills and spending.

By: Amy @ JobCred CV Builder

Amy @ JobCred CV Builder — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 23:14:09 +0000

Excellent guide. It suggests a tool that is readily accessible without expensive software or other online stuff. Perhaps it’s nice to include a chart. Thanks.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:01:45 +0000

I love Excel! Seriously, it’s unhealthy. I do, however use YNAB since it also has an iPhone app. The program does a good job at tracking and helping budget, but I also use an excel spreadsheet that shows my monthly budget and amounts I need to allocate in YNAB.

By: Jacob @ iheartbudgets

Jacob @ iheartbudgets — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 21:15:17 +0000

I’m all about excel. I’ve got formulas to auto-calculate totals for categories, and just use a drop-down to select which category each item falls under. Thanks for the simple breakdown, really easy to follow.

By: John S @ Frugal Rules

John S @ Frugal Rules — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:01:36 +0000

Nice post Daisy! I use Excel a lot to track our expenses and budgeting. It’s such a useful tool and can really do a lot of things with it when you set up some good formulas and worksheets.

By: Lance @ Money Life and More

Lance @ Money Life and More — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:22:47 +0000

I use quicken 🙂 I used to use excel a lot though.

By: Dorethia @ #MoneyChat

Dorethia @ #MoneyChat — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 23:24:36 +0000

Excellent step by step guide. I also use Excel to do my budgeting, but don’t export my bank statements, I’ll have to start doing that as well. I’ll definitely share!

– Dorethia

By: Crystal @ Prairie Ecothrifter

Crystal @ Prairie Ecothrifter — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:20:47 +0000

I do something very similar. I have a 3 column budget/expense page for every month. The first column is for the category, the second is for the budgeted monthly amount, and I just type in the actual spending amounts in the last column and add them together for each category. We also spend mostly on credit cards, so I just spend an hour or two every month entering every expense and seeing the results. Yay for tracking!

By: Canadian Budget Binder

Canadian Budget Binder — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:22:33 +0000

We track every expense in our excel spreadsheet that we designed. We typically input data weekly so it’s not overwhelming at month end. We keep all receipts in a folder and go from there. It’s taken a while to get the budget where we want it to be with lots of changes. It’s worth the extra work. Cheers