Income and expense tracker
A one-month sheet: income, expenses, the balance after every transaction and totals. Pastes into Google Sheets.
What it is
Copy the whole text, open a blank Google Sheets spreadsheet, click cell A1 and paste: the columns and formulas fall into place. Replace the sample rows with your own transactions and enter your starting balance in cell F2. The sample amounts are made-up examples. The formulas contain no argument separators, so they don't depend on your spreadsheet's language or region setting. Totals by category come from a pivot table; there's a tip in the last row.
- Finance
- Google Sheets
- Tracking
Text to copy
Date Category Description Income Expense Balance Document
2026-10-01 Start of month Account balance on the 1st 5000 —
2026-10-02 Sales Payment: Client A, project [name] 3000 =F2+D3-E3 Invoice [number]
2026-10-03 AI tools AI assistant subscription 20 =F3+D4-E4 Receipt
2026-10-07 Advertising Ad test, [platform] 500 =F4+D5-E5 Receipt
2026-10-10 Contractors Design work, [contractor] 800 =F5+D6-E6 Contractor invoice
2026-10-15 Sales Payment: Client B 1500 =F6+D7-E7 Invoice [number]
2026-10-20 Taxes Tax payment 300 =F7+D8-E8 Payment confirmation
2026-10-25 Software and hosting Hosting and domain 150 =F8+D9-E9 Receipt
=F9+D10-E10
=F10+D11-E11
=F11+D12-E12
=F12+D13-E13
=F13+D14-E14
=F14+D15-E15
=F15+D16-E16
=F16+D17-E17
=F17+D18-E18
=F18+D19-E19
=F19+D20-E20
=F20+D21-E21
TOTAL =SUM(D3:D21) =SUM(E3:E21) =F21
Income minus expenses =D23-E23
Expenses as % of income =IFERROR(ROUND(E23/D23*100))
Tip: add new transactions in the empty rows above TOTAL. Totals by category: select the table → Insert → Pivot table → rows "Category," values "Income" and "Expense."Lessons that use it
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Checked: October 2026