Paycheck Rescue Spreadsheet

Know where every paycheck is going before the month begins.

This simple budget tracker is built around one idea: match your bills to your paychecks, so nothing gets missed and no check runs short. No complicated setup. Type in the yellow boxes and everything else adds up for you.

What’s inside

• The Big Picture: total income, money set aside for groceries and gas, what’s left for bills, your minimums due, anything past due, and what’s left over.
• Pay Me First: set aside groceries and gas before any bill, split evenly across your paychecks.
• Paycheck by paycheck: room for up to 10 paychecks a month. A check that runs short turns red, so you see it right away.
• Bill list: room for 30 bills. Pick each bill’s type, due date, minimum, past due amount, and which paycheck pays it. Mark it Paid and the row turns grey.
• The right order: minimums first, then past due, then everything else, so you cover what matters most.
• Quick helpers: a grocery estimate based on USDA food costs for your household size, and a gas estimate based on the miles you drive.
• A “How To Use” tab: five easy steps and an example, so you can start in minutes.

Good to know

• Two tabs only, and it’s fine to print.
• The formulas are locked so they can’t be broken by accident. Yellow boxes are yours to fill.
• It’s a budgeting tool, not financial or legal advice.

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Delivery: instant download.