Last Updated on November 12, 2022 by Corinne Schmitt
The start of a new year is the perfect time to reflect on and organize all areas of our lives. Every January I go through my Annual Get Organized Checklist to get my house, family, finances, and life in general in order. With one child in college and another on her way in just a couple of years, I’m working extra hard to buckle down on our spending. I’ve shared Money Saving Tips and Money Saving Tricks before, but today I’m sharing free printable family budget worksheets to help you reach your financial goals.
Family Budget
The first, and most important, step in our financial plan is establishing a budget. Below is the worksheet I use each month to establish a budget and track how much we actually spend.
I use the notes section to explain unusual variances between our budgeted and actual expenditures, as well as to jot down ideas or reminders to make changes to trim costs further.
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Financial Goals
Many of your costs will be fixed, at least in the immediate future (e.g. rent or mortgage, car payment), but it’s a good idea to set goals or establish guidelines for how much of your income you want to commit to different types of expenditures. You’ll get a lot of conflicting information on what percentage of your income should be allocated to housing vs. debt. This Recommended Monthly Budget Percentages worksheet from the Michican Counseling Association is a great place to start to set your own spending goals.
Ideally, your income will more than cover your expenses so you can also set some savings goals. Everyone should have an emergency fund to pull from in case of well, an emergency, so that a tough situation isn’t made worse by adding debt to the stress of whatever unexpected event has occurred. Once you have a comfortable emergency fund though, you will probably want to set aside money for holiday spending, retirement, education, vacations, or your dream home.
I’m a big believer in writing down your goals so that you have a greater chance of reaching them. Here’s a savings goal worksheet to help you visualize your goals and progress towards them. In the “Goal” column, write down how much you expect to set aside each month for each category (in the “Budget” row) and your goal for the end of the year (in the “End Bal” row). Track your progress over the course of the year. Hopefully your Ending Balance in December matches your goal!
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Financial Tracking
I am very motivated by seeing progress over time so I created this next worksheet to watch my savings grow and my debts shrink over the course of the year.
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I hope you find these worksheets helpful in setting financial goals and reaching them this year. To get all three forms, just click the image below.
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A great way to get organized.
Thanks, I’m glad you think it’s a good idea. Thanks for commenting.
A great way to get organized. I enjoy having something actually printed out to work with.
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still haven’t received the access or email. can you send the link or template to these? thanks
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How do i get these worksheets for free?
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Hey Corinne, tried using the contact form, looks like it isn’t loading. Can I possibly share this budget template with my audience? Will link back to this page so they can grab a copy, but I love the look of it!
Thanks!
Jacob Wade
Sure, go ahead and share it with your audience with a link back to my page. Thanks for asking.
Wonderful Ideas for future family affairs.
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Very helpful
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I didn’t get my free family budget templates
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Thank you so much for sharing these tips. I appreciate any help that is available. Thank you again for doing this. What an inspiration.
Hello,
I know it’s a new year but if you read this, will you kindly email the excel version to me.
I sent the e-mail Marjorie. Please let me know if you didn’t receive it.
Love your worksheets! We are on a much stricter budget this year and these will help. Thank you for sharing.
I’m glad you can put them to good use. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment. 🙂
This is something that I really need. I am trying to budget our money better this year.
These look great! Thanks so much!! 2016 is the year I get this budgeting thing figured out!
Thank You! Can’t wait. 🙂
Hi. I just wanted to check to see if you had sent these.. if not yet no worries. I just haven’t seen them and want to be sure it came thru. Thanks so much for your time!
Nevermind… I just found it in my inbox. Thanks so very much!!! So helpful!
I love how clear and simple your worksheet is. It’s important to be in charge of your money not always charging and hoping for money. We have something similar to your worksheet, the only difference is that we put our tithing/charitable giving first.
This is a great idea. I rarely budget because I used to always get more money in than I’d spend and I don’t have any debt. Then again, I’m suspecting it will get harder this year, because of rising costs and lower income. I will give budgeting some thought.