Family budget planner Excel and Google Sheets.

This family budget planner is based on the spreadsheet that I use for my own finances. It was very useful for handling major life events such as transition from student - to married student - to intern - to employee - to home owner. With careful budget planning, we were able to make ends meet so that by the time we wanted to buy a house, we knew exactly what we could afford.

This spreadsheet has been used by hundreds of thousands of people and remains one of my most popular budgeting tools. However, many people may not realize that I have created a few other variations recently. You might want to check out the Money Manager template or yearly Budget Calculator. Both of these provide additional features that the basic planner does not have.

If you are new to Excel or new to budgeting, or both, take a look at the video demo below. It will show you how to get started, how to customize your budget categories, how to enter budget amounts for each month, and how to tell whether you are under or over budget each month.