A good budget helps you reach your spending and savings goals. Work out your proposed household budget by inputting your sources of income and projected expenses into Kiplinger's worksheet below.
You can add and delete rows in each section and change the labels for each expense or income source as much as you like, so the sheet reflects your personal finances. Return and repeat as you track your actual spending.
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