I have downloaded a few templates and they just seem complicated.
Anyone else use Excel to keep on budget? What type of template do you use?
Anyone else use Excel to keep on budget? What type of template do you use?
I used to use Excel, but now use Google Docs, which is essentially the same thing but online. No need for a complicated template, IMO. Mine is very basic - what comes in, what goes out, and what's left for the month to month expenses. Excel is simple, so it's easy to create your own.
No, but I track my excel with excel.
Thanks for the input. Trying to come up with my own now.
Any suggestions on how to track a commision based income?
In other words I dont get paid 40hrs a week, but by the hours I work per week. Maybe figure up avg hours? Kinda lost there haha
Same hereI used to use Excel, but now use Google Docs, which is essentially the same thing but online. No need for a complicated template, IMO. Mine is very basic - what comes in, what goes out, and what's left for the month to month expenses. Excel is simple, so it's easy to create your own.
No, but I track my excel with excel.
Thanks for the input. Trying to come up with my own now.
Any suggestions on how to track a commision based income?
In other words I dont get paid 40hrs a week, but by the hours I work per week. Maybe figure up avg hours? Kinda lost there haha
How and when you earn the money doesn't matter. The spreadsheet doesn't care if you made $100 in 1 minute or 60 minutes. I would start by creating a simple in vs. out spreadsheet and then build from there as you see fit. If you want to figure out how much you earn per hour, day, minute, etc, set that up in a separate column.
Other than seeing what comes in and what goes out, is there something you're looking to do by creating a budget?
Cool. Then definitely just set up an in vs. out spreadsheet and go from there. You might want to subcategorize expenses (groceries, car expenses, rent, entertainment, etc) to help see where the money goes. You'll notice that things like bar tabs and eating out add up pretty quick. lol.
O. Quicken is amazing for this. It will automatically pull in all your info from your account and pretty much categorize everything for you automatically and give you a break down and allow you to track everything.