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Transportation: fuel, auto insurance, transit, parking, taxi, rentals, car sharing, tolls Living: personal care, bank fees, salon and spa services, dry cleaning, pet costs, memberships (fitness, clubs, associations) Groceries: food, baby needs, household supplies, toiletries Household: furnace, water tank, roof and gutters, decor, upgrades, storage locker, gardening, cleaning services, outdoor equipment and maintenance Utilities: phone/cell, cable/internet, gas, hydro, security Housing: mortgage, rent, strata fees, house insurance, property taxes View a sample of a completed tracker (from the previous version of our Monthly Expenses Tracker).Įxpense Categories – Know Where Your Money is Going This becomes the cash balance for the next week. If there’s a surplus, you should have money in your wallet or bank account.

Total all columns and subtract actual expenses from actual income.

On these pages, keep track of seasonal expenses rather than recording on your weekly pages.

You also need to record weekly savings amounts on pages 14 – 15 of the Expense Tracker.

You may want to track coffees, dining out, or fuel separately. You can then use the blank columns to create your own categories.

List the dates down the left side and record actual money spent each day.

You should also list any income you may expect to receive during each week.

Record cash balances on hand or in your bank account.

For example, a 7 day tracking period would be March 30th to April 5th.

For each week, record dates you are tracking.

The expense categories listed further below and on page 1 of the Expense Tracker will help you decide which expenses to record where.

Open a copy of our Monthly Expense Tracker.

There are many more benefits to tracking your vehicle expenses, but those previous four points have saved me a tremendous about of money and have given me confidence during my trips to the mechanic. You will have reminders of warranties and where to go to take advantage of them You have a printable log of your vehicle's history which will add value and assurance to your vehicle when you try to resell it You will know if you have accomplished milestone maintenance items such as engine flushes, so you don't accidentally pay for them twice You can prevent getting ripped off on repairs by looking back and seeing what you paid in the past for the same repair

Here are just some of the reasons why it is extremely beneficial to track your vehicle expenses: I have personally used this tracker for years to help me understand what I have and have not done to my vehicles. Understanding the financial impact your vehicle has can literally save you thousands of dollars. Your vehicle is typically one of your most used and most expensive assets that you will own throughout your life. I am so excited to be able to share this expense log that has helped me keep track of my vehicles over the past three years. I have painstakingly gone through every aspect of this spreadsheet's structure to turn it from a functional personal file to a full-fledged product that anyone can use and understand.

And as you can imagine with my finance background, I track all aspects of my family's expenses.

I am a HUGE advocate of understanding how your hard earned money is spent.