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Zero Based Budget Spreadsheet Every Dollar Budget Template Excel and Google Sheets Household Budget Planner Zero Sum Budget by Pay Period

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TWELVE CONNECTED TABS, TWO PAYCHECKS, AND ONE CELL THAT HAS TO READ ZERO

A zero based budget is not a stricter budget. It is a budget where every dollar is already spoken for before the month begins. Income minus every assigned dollar equals zero. Not zero in the bank. Zero left unassigned, because savings, sinking funds and debt payments are jobs too.

This workbook does the arithmetic. You type in the amber cells and nothing else.

WHAT IS INSIDE (12 tabs, one file)

Start Here, what zero based means and the three things to do first
Setup, your month, your pay dates, your categories and your starting balances
Plan, both paychecks across the top and every category down the page, with LEFT TO ASSIGN sitting in red until it reads zero
Envelopes, what each category has left right now, planned minus spent, with rollover
Transactions, one row per purchase with its category, and every other tab updates
Month, planned against actual for every category and the difference between them
Lens, the 50/30/20 split of what you assigned across needs, wants and savings
Sinking Funds, the big irregular things with target, saved so far and the amount per month that makes the date
Debts, balance, rate, minimum payment and the payoff order
Year, twelve months across, so a thin November shows up while it is still October
Dashboard, LEFT TO ASSIGN, income, assigned, spent and savings rate on one screen
Help, what every named formula does and where the video lives

THE ONE CELL THAT TEACHES THE METHOD

Move one assigned category from 300 to 450 and LEFT TO ASSIGN drops to minus 150 and turns red. Take that 150 back out of a want and it returns to zero. Nothing else has to be touched, because the plan, the envelopes, the lens and the dashboard all read the same numbers. That is zero based budgeting in one cell, and the video shows it happening.

PAID TWICE A MONTH, OR NOT

The plan splits every category across the two paychecks, so each check is fully assigned on its own and nothing is left waiting for money that has not landed yet. Setup takes weekly, every two weeks, twice a month or monthly, and the plan follows.

A WORKED SAMPLE YOU CAN TYPE OVER

The file arrives filled in for one household paid twice a month, 2,340 and 2,340, with 18 categories that add to the last dollar. Every number in it is a sample. Type over it and the file is yours.

WATCH IT FILLED IN, START TO FINISH
Full narrated walkthrough: https://youtu.be/9t6o2GkKP0E

WHAT YOU GET
Zero-Based-Budget.xlsx, the Colorful edition
Zero-Based-Budget-Editorial.xlsx
A three color zip holding the Colorful, Light and Dark editions
Quick Start guide, 2 pages

WORKS WHERE YOU WORK
Microsoft Excel 2016 and later, on Windows and Mac
Google Sheets, upload and open
Apple Numbers and LibreOffice Calc
No macros, no add ons, no login and no subscription
Laptop or desktop recommended for typing, the phone apps are fine for looking

INSTANT DOWNLOAD
Your files are available the moment payment clears. Nothing ships.

PLEASE READ
This is a budgeting worksheet, not financial advice. Digital product. Because the files are delivered instantly, all sales are final. If anything will not open, message me and I will fix it.

Want the wider view? The Budget Planner Spreadsheet runs the whole financial year, the Weekly Budget works a week at a time, and the Savings and Sinking Funds tracker goes deeper on the irregular bills.

NicheToolkits builds the paperwork so you can go and do the work.

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