Budget vs Actual Expense Sheet
This budget vs actual expense sheet is for anyone comparing planned spending with what was actually spent. It includes columns for Category, Budget, Actual, Difference, and % used. The sheet already lists example rows for Housing, Utilities, and Groceries, with blank spaces to fill in your own numbers. Difference is budget minus actual, and % used is actual divided by budget times 100.
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- 2 pages
- US Letter — choose “Fit to page” for A4
- PDF, 54 KB
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Use it to enter your budget amount and actual spending for each category, then review the difference and percent used to see where you stayed under or went over. It works well for a monthly expense review, a household budget check, or tracking a few key spending categories on one page.
Good for
- Monthly spending review
- Category-by-category budget check
- Household expense tracking
Tip: Print it on letter paper and fill in one month at a time for easier comparison.
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