Zero based budget
Give all of your income a job: write each category’s share, track what you spend and what remains, and check that income minus everything you allocated comes to zero.
Printable monthly budget
Write the month’s income, expenses and totals in the boxes at the top, then each category’s planned and actual amounts below; the Difference column shows where the month went over.
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What goes in each column
One row filled in, as an example.
| Category | Planned | Actual | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groceries | 600 | 580 | 20 |
- Category
- Groceries
- Planned
- 600
- Actual
- 580
- Difference
- 20
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Type in the box, one row per line, with | between the columns. Leave the box empty for a blank form. Choose Fillable PDF to type in the rest of the boxes in a PDF reader.
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