Vertex42® Money Manager |
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INSTRUCTIONS |
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For Excel 2010 or Later |
HELP |
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Introduction |
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The Vertex42® Money Manager can be a very simple money management tool. Like most |
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spreadsheet applications, you should know that spreadsheets are error-prone. It is easy to |
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make mistakes, accidentally delete things that should not be deleted, forget to copy formulas, |
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etc. If you are comfortable using Excel, know how to identify and fix formulas when needed, |
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understand how to use basic row operations (delete, copy, inserted copied rows, etc.), are |
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okay with the level of risk you take on by using a spreadsheet, and follow the instructions |
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and guidelines, you should find this spreadsheet very useful. |
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General Tips |
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- Except for customizing the categories, you normally only edit cells with a gray border: |
Input Cell |
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- Some of the labels include cell comments (marked with little red triangles) to provide |
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extra help information. |
This is an example comment.
Label |
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- You can add your own cell comments! This is especially useful in the Budget worksheet, |
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where you can create notes to explain irregular or variable expenses. |
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- If you see "#####" in a cell, widen the COLUMN to display the cell contents. |
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- This workbook uses a lot of conditional formatting. Look up "conditional formatting" in the |
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Excel help system (F1) if you want to know how it works. |
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- You can add a limited amount of security by password protecting your workbook, but that |
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can be easily bypassed by anyone with malicious intent. The security of your data is your |
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responsibility. |
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- Backup your file regularly to avoid losing data! Excel files DO get corrupted occasionally. |
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Step 1 |
Customize Categories (or don't) |
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The easiest way to get started is to just use the default set of budget categories. |
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If you need to make changes to the categories, make sure that you make corresponding |
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changes in ALL the other worksheets. |
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TIP: If you are going to customize the categories, it may be easier to start from the Budget |
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worksheet and then make sure that the Report and Categories worksheets correspond. |
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A. If you ADD or DELETE Categories, make sure that you use row operations (copying or |
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deleting entire rows) to help ensure that all formulas are copied correctly. Always insert |
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new rows between the first and last item in the category. If you insert a row immediately |
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above the "Total" or "Subtotal" row, formulas will not stretch to include the row you inserted. |
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B. Category names in all the worksheets must match exactly. Conditional formatting is used |
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to highlight the category names if the categories are not found in the Categories worksheet. |
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C. No Duplicate Category Names |
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Using duplicate category names like "Other" will result in errors, but you may not easily |
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notice the errors. Make sure that each category is UNIQUE. |
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D. Do Not Remove or Add Major Categories |
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If you add or remove major categories (like Housing, Food, Health, etc.), many formulas |
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will need to be updated and it is very likely you'll miss something and end up introducing |
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errors. Try to use the default set of categories or RENAME the categories, but avoid adding |
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or removing the major categories. |
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Step 2 |
Define Your List of Accounts |
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Edit the list of accounts that you want to include in the Transaction History worksheet by |
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editing the Accounts worksheet. The list will populate the dropdown box in the Accounts |
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column of the Transactions worksheet. |
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TIP: If you start each account name with a different letter, Excel's autocomplete feature |
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will make entering the account much faster for you. |
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Goals: The account list includes a place to list a Goal and the % column shows your progress |
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towards that goal. This may be useful for listing savings fund goals or check reserve amounts. |
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Step 3 |
Define Your Yearly Budget |
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Define your budget using the Budget worksheet. Edit only the cells with the gray outline. |
How to Budget: Budgeting Tips |
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See Vertex42.com or tips on budgeting. |
Vertex42 Blog: Budgeting |
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- For a Financial Year that does not start in January: Before entering your yearly budget, |
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go to the Report worksheet and enter the "Year Begins" date. This will update the month |
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labels in the Budget worksheet. |
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- You can copy and paste the input cells within the Budget worksheet as needed. For example, |
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enter an average fuel cost in January, then copy the value to other months. |
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- Use formulas to do basic calculations like "=245/6" to divide 245 by 6 or "=34*2" to multipy |
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34 by 2, or "=34+12+45" to add a bunch of numbers. Formulas are entered using the |
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equals "=" sign. |
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Step 4 |
Record Transactions |
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The Transactions worksheet lets you record transactions for multiple accounts. Think of a |
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PAYMENT as money leaving the account and a DEPOSIT as money entering the account. |
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Examples of different types of transactions are given below. |
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IMPORTANT: You must copy and paste entire rows when adding new rows, to ensure that all |
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the formatting, data validation, and formulas get copied correctly. |
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THE MOST COMMON ERROR is inserting a new row and forgetting to copy formulas down. |
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When you insert a blank row, some formatting is copied from the row above it automatically, |
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but formulas and data validation are not copied. You can press CTRL+d after inserting a new |
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row to quickly copy all formulas and formatting from the row immediately above. |
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Use the screenshot below as a guide for how to enter transactions. |
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Date: To quickly enter the current date, use the keyboard shortcut CTRL+; |
8/14/2022 |
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The list of dates to the right is used to populate the drop-down box. For other dates, |
8/13/2022 |
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you will need to enter the date manually. For a date in the current year, you can use the |
8/12/2022 |
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shortcut of just entering the month/day like 5/16. |
8/11/2022 |
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8/10/2022 |
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8/9/2022 |
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8/8/2022 |
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8/7/2022 |
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Num: This column is usually used to list the check number, but you can also use it to enter |
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"DEP" for deposit, "TXFR" for transfer, "EFT" for electronic funds transfer, "ACH" for |
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Automated Clearing House transactions, etc. |
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Category: The Category field is essential to the functionality of this workbook. The Category |
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is a dropdown list that gets its info from the Categories worksheet. |
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The Category column uses conditional formatting to highlight the category PINK if the |
[Transfer] |
: Normal background color to identify Transfers |
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category is not found in the Categories worksheet, BROWN if the category is not found in |
[Balance] |
: Normal background color to identify Beginning Balance |
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the Yearly or Monthly worksheet, and GRAY if the category is blank, [Transfer], or [Balance]. |
Blah Blah |
: Category not found in the Categories worksheet |
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If the formatting isn't copied correctly, you'll lose this double-check feature. So again, this |
Blah Blah |
: Category not found in the Budget or Report worksheets |
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spreadsheet is not error-proof. |
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IMPORTANT: If you have chosen a category such as "Ted's Fund" and then later remove |
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"Ted's Fund" from the list in the Categories worksheet, it will not be changed in the Transactions |
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table automatically. You will need to make sure that you find all the records that have used |
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"Ted's Fund" as the Category and change them to something else. |
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Step 4-0: Delete the Sample Rows |
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Step 4-1: Enter the beginning balance(s): |
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The Beginning Balance on JANUARY 1st for each account should be the first lines in the |
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register. If an account has a Negative balance (like a Credit Card), enter the balance as a |
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Positive value in the PAYMENT column. If an account has a Positive balance, enter the balance |
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as a Positive value in the DEPOSIT column. Use the Account Balance column to compare to |
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the balance shown on your bank or credit card statements. |
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Step 4-2: Add New Transactions: |
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You will probably find that the fastest way to add new transactions is copy and paste similar |
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previous transactions. You can select one or more rows, copy them, and then paste them |
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below the last transaction. Then, you just need to edit the cells that need to be changed. |
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TIP: Always leave the last row in the table BLANK so that you can easily add new rows. To |
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add new rows, select the last row of the table (row 57 in the image below) and drag the fill |
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handle down to copy the row down to create as many new rows as you need. |
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Recording a SPLIT Transaction |
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If a single transaction needs to be allocated to multiple budget categories, you need to create |
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a SPLIT transaction. You can do this by splitting the transaction into multiple transactions - |
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one for each category. You can use the MEMO field to indicate that the transaction is a "Split". |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE MEMO CATEGORY PAYMENT |
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Checking 1/1/10 2032 Target Split Clothing 23.10 |
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Checking 1/1/10 2032 Target Split Groceries 45.15 |
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Checking 1/1/10 2032 Target Split Supplies 25.04 |
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Tip: If you want to verify the total amount of the split transaction, you can do a quick |
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calculation off to the side of the table using an Excel formula, like "=SUM(H13:H15)" |
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Recording a [Transfer] Between Spending Accounts |
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Record a transfer by listing two transactions (one PAYMENT, one DEPOSIT) to offset each other. |
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Choose "[Transfer]" as the Category for both transactions. For example, a $250 credit card |
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payment would be recorded as a transfer FROM your checking TO your credit card account: |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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CreditCard 1/1/10 TXFR [From Checking] [Transfer] 150.00 |
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Checking 1/1/10 TXFR [To CreditCard] [Transfer] 150.00 |
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NOTE: The above example assumes that the "payment" to your Credit Card is to pay off the |
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charges that you have already recorded earlier in the Transaction History table for the |
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CreditCard account. If you are NOT recording individual CreditCard transactions using the |
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Transactions worksheet, or part of the $150.00 was to pay down an outstanding debt, then a |
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credit card payment would look like one of the following, where "Credit Card #1" is a category |
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under Obligations. |
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Example 1: Not using Credit Card #1 any more, but still owe money on it. |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT |
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Checking 1/1/10 Credit Card Credit Card #1 150.00 |
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Example 2: A portion of a credit card payment used to pay down $25.00 of outstanding debt. |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE MEMO CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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CreditCard 1/1/10 TXFR [From Checking] [Transfer] 150.00 |
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Checking 1/1/10 TXFR [To CreditCard] Split [Transfer] 125.00 |
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Checking 1/1/10 TXFR [To CreditCard] Split Credit Card #1 25.00 |
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Recording a [Transfer] To SAVINGS |
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When budgeting, you treat a transfer to Savings as an expense. You'll notice in the Budget |
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worksheet that there are multiple savings goals listed as sub-categories under the main |
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"To Savings" category. Instead of just throwing money into Savings, you should allocate the |
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money to specific savings goals based on percentages. For example, 50% to your Emergency |
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Fund, 25% to Retirement, etc. You do this by recording the transfer as a SPLIT transaction: |
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In the example below, the CATEGORY for the Savings account transaction is "[Transfer]" |
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while the CATEGORY for the Checking account transaction(s) are budget sub-categories. |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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Savings 1/1/10 TXFR [From Checking] [Transfer] 200.00 |
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Checking 1/1/10 TXFR [To Savings] Emergency Fund 100.00 |
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Checking 1/1/10 TXFR [To Savings] Retirement 50.00 |
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Checking 1/1/10 TXFR [To Savings] College Fund 50.00 |
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Recording a Return or Refund |
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A very common approach for recording returns or refunds is to record them as a negative |
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expense. As an example, let's say you purchased a blender from a department store and |
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allocated the payment to your "Appliances" category. After returning the blender, the store |
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credits your card. Instead of entering the credit as a deposit, enter the amount as a negative |
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payment as shown below. Doing this will credit the correct budget category instead of |
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treating the return as income. |
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Original Transaction: |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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CreditCard 1/1/10 The Big Store Appliances 50.00 |
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Recording the Return: |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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CreditCard 1/5/10 The Big Store Appliances -50.00 |
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Budgeting for Known Future Expenses (e.g. car, holiday, vacation, etc.) |
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For large payments that are made once every few months or once a year, it is common to |
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estimate a monthly budget amount and transfer the monthly amount into a temporary |
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savings account so that you have enough money available when you need to pay the bill. |
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The transfers are recorded as expenses at the time the money is transferred as explained |
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above in the section "Recording a [Transfer] to SAVINGS." |
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If you are recording those transfers to savings each month as an expense, then what do |
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you do when it comes time to pay the bill? You don't want to record the expense twice. |
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If you can pay directly from your Savings account: |
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You have already recorded the payments as expenses when you transferred the money to |
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Savings, so leave the Category blank when recording the payment. The payment will not |
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show up in your budget report a second time (because the Category column is blank). |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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Savings 6/1/14 chk ABC Insurance 198.00 |
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If you can't pay directly from your Savings account: |
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First transfer the amount saved from Savings to Checking, recording the transfer as a |
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credit to the expense category. Then, record the payment from Checking like normal. |
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1. Record the Transfer from Savings to Checking as a Credit to the Expense Category |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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Savings 6/1/14 TXFR [To Checking] [Transfer] 200.00 |
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Checking 6/1/14 TXFR [From Savings] Insurance 200.00 |
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2. Record the Payment from Checking: |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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Checking 6/1/14 1023 ABC Insurance Insurance 198.00 |
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In the above example, the actual payment of 198.00 was lower than the previously budgeted |
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total expense of 200.00, so you could end up seeing a value of -2.00 in the Actual column |
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of the report worksheet. This is similar to what you might see if you received a refund or |
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return for something you paid in a previous month. |
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Budgeting for Known Future Expenses - Without Transfers Between Accounts |
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To allocate money to a savings or expense fund without transferring the money to a different |
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account, you will need to add a pair of offset transactions for each allocation. The first entry |
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includes the budget category and the second entry does not. The payment and deposit amounts |
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offset each other, so the account balance does not change. When you make the real payment, |
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you leave the Category blank. The following shows what this might look like for a quarterly |
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health insurance payment, with monthly budget allocations. |
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ACCOUNT DATE NUM PAYEE CATEGORY PAYMENT DEPOSIT |
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Checking 1/1/10 [Allocation] Health Insurance 200.00 |
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Checking 1/1/10 [Allocation] 200.00 |
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Checking 2/1/10 [Allocation] Health Insurance 200.00 |
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Checking 2/1/10 [Allocation] 200.00 |
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Checking 3/1/10 [Allocation] Health Insurance 200.00 |
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Checking 3/1/10 [Allocation] 200.00 |
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Checking 3/15/10 ABC Insurance 600.00 |
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Tracking the Balance of Savings and Expense Funds |
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If you choose to keep allocated funds within your spending account, you may want to keep |
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track of how much in your spending account is free to be used for other purposes and how |
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much has been allocated to future expenses. There are a couple methods for doing that: |
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Method 1: Define a Virtual Sub-Account in the Accounts worksheet |
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Using this method, you record entries in the Transactions worksheet just as you would if you |
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were transferring real money between accounts. Your bank statement will not show these |
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transactions because you are only listing them in your own spreadsheet. When you reconcile |
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with your bank statements, remember to add the balances for the sub-accounts to the balance |
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of the main account. |
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Method 2: Use a Separate Worksheet to Track Savings and Expense Funds |
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You can use the Goals worksheet to track any fund balance that you want to. You will need to |
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update the Goals worksheet in addition to recording the allocations in the Transactions |
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worksheet. The Goals worksheet is only for tracking the balance and is not linked to your |
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other budget worksheets. |
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Step 4-3: Record "Cleared" Transactions. |
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When you see that charges have been processed or "cleared" by your bank, you should |
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enter a "c" in the reconcile (R) column for that transaction. |
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The Cleared Balance in the transaction history table shows the Account balance for the |
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transactions marked "R" for reconciled or "c" for cleared. This allows you to compare the |
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Cleared Balance with the current balance shown on your bank statements. |
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The Account Balance reflects your actual or effective balance and is the one you should be |
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looking at to stay on budget. The Cleared Balance is for comparing to your bank and credit |
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card statements. For example, when you write a check to a friend, it won't show up in your |
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bank account until they cash it. You should record the transaction immediately, to help you |
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stay on budget, but until the check shows up on your bank statement, your Cleared Balance |
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will be different from the Account Balance (until you enter a "c" or "R" in the reconcile column). |
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Step 4-4: Reconcile Your Accounts |
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You should reconcile your accounts at least one a month. Reconciling is also commonly known |
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as "balancing your checkbook". |
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A. Get your bank and credit card statements |
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B. Review your statements for errors and fraudulent charges |
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C. Your statements may include ATM fees, bank fees, or other transactions that you forget |
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to include in the Transactions worksheet. Add them. |
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D. Verify that the Cleared Balance (as of the Ending Statement Date) in the Transactions |
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worksheet matches the Statement Balance. |
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E. Enter an "R" in the reconcile (R) column for every transaction that shows up on your |
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bank statement. |
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TIP: If you are familiar with using Excel lists or tables, you can use autofiltering to filter the |
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transaction history table to show a single account at a time. |
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Step 4-5: Check Formulas |
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If you do any type of customization, you should check that formulas in the spreadsheet are |
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still referring to the correct cells. |
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Step 5 |
Track Your Progress |
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A very important part of good money management is keeping track of how your current |
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spending compares to your budget. You might check your budget status on a weekly or even |
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daily basis, but you should at least manage your money on a monthly basis. |
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Using the Report Worksheet |
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Use the Report worksheet to compare your budget to your actual spending throughout |
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the month. Change the month by entering the month number (1 for Jan., 2 for Feb., etc.). |
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The Report pulls the budget info from the Budget worksheet and the actual spending from |
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the Transactions worksheet, so you can view the report at any time during the month and |
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see how much you have left (or how much you have overspent) in each category. |
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IMPORTANT: If the Report worksheet does not appear to be pulling information from the |
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Transactions worksheet, please see Step 4-5 above (Check Formulas). |
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Using the YearlyReport Worksheet |
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The YearlyReport worksheet is very similar to the Budget worksheet except that it calculates |
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amounts from the Transactions worksheet to show you an Income and Expense report. |
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If you customize budget categories, you will need to make sure to edit the YearlyReport |
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worksheet so that all budget categories match. |
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Using the Goals Worksheet |
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If you want to track separate short-term and long-term savings goals, you can use the Goals |
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worksheet. |
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