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Week 4 worksheet

Budgeting and Spending Plans — worksheet

Before you start: where your answers live

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A spending plan is a draft, not a contract. Estimates are fine. The goal is a working first plan, not a perfect one.

CategoryPlannedActualDifference
Housing
Utilities
Food
Transportation
Insurance
Debt payments
Savings
Flexible / other

Irregular Expense Planner — real expenses that don’t happen monthly. List each, then divide by 12 to get the amount to set aside each month.

ExpenseAmountWhen it happensMonthly (÷ 12)

Fill “Planned” now and “Actual” at month’s end; the “Difference” column is where next month’s better guesses come from.

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