Budget to your payday, not to the calendar.
For anyone paid weekly or fortnightly whose bills land on fixed month dates, so a calendar month budget never matches when the money actually arrives.
Paycheck Budget Spreadsheet is a 8-tab Excel and Google Sheets workbook for anyone paid weekly or fortnightly whose bills land on fixed month dates, so a calendar month budget never matches when the money actually arrives. 4 you type into, 2 that fill themselves in and 2 you set once. $8.38 once, no subscription.
Filed under personal finance and cash flow & budgeting.
Type into the highlighted cells, watch every number update itself.
You only ever type in the highlighted input cells, everything else fills itself in.
A one page setup guide inside the workbook. Enter your basics once, five minutes, done.
Date, description, category and amount. Room for 800 across the year.
What you intend to spend per category, per pay period.
Everything that goes out on a schedule, with the day it lands and how often.
The costs that arrive once a year, with a target and the date you need it by.
Income, bills due before your next payday, and what is still outstanding.
Every period side by side, with running totals.
Categories, pay frequency and dates. Change them once and the whole workbook follows.
Enter your data; totals, flags and the dashboard update instantly.
Checked cell by cell before release. Find one and you get a fix plus a refund.
Formula cells are protected. You can only type where typing is safe.
Both versions in every purchase. No converting, no broken references.
Clean report pages for your records, your accountant, or your next meeting.
Delivered by Etsy the moment you pay. Free updates to this template forever.
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The Excel file and the Google Sheets link arrive immediately.
Type into the highlighted cells, every formula updates itself.
Any desktop Excel from 2016 onward works, including Microsoft 365. If you don’t have Excel at all, use the included Google Sheets version. It’s free.
Yes. The Google Sheets version is built natively, not converted: every formula, highlight and protection works the same.
Yes. $8.38 once. You keep the files forever and get free updates to this template.
Digital downloads on Etsy are generally final, but if the template doesn’t work as described and we can’t fix it for you, you get your money back. Just email support@elecart.us.
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Input tabs are sized generously and tested with full sample data: enough for years of typical use. Need more room? Duplicate the file per year, or email support for an extended version.
$8.38, once, 40% off. Yours forever, with free updates.
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