Does anyone have a set of custom Excel spreadsheets for personal finances?

[beer]

I don't have a lot of assets, but I need a good way to budget and track my expenses and separate them from busienss expenses, so I fired up my Money 2004 OEM disk I got a few months ago, and am just apalled at the interface. Personal financial software doesn't have to do these things! It's not that I'm not technically competent to deal with a complex UI since I deal with crap like ModelSim daily, but the fact that a 'standard' issue of Money has so many useless features and still doesn't do it's core job very well. A quick trip to Amazon reveals the latest Quicken products, likewise, suck.

Does anyone have a set of custom Excel sheets for working with personal finances? Yes, I'm aware that I could develop them myself, but I try to not reinvent the wheel..

Something like these here, maybe? Only those cost $20 which is what MS Money/Quicken standard/basic, respectively, cost.

 

[jkoon]

I have not checked here for this but i have found several handy templates at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/default.aspx so it might be worth a look.

 

[Argo]

My father built his own money management system in Excel. It's pretty sophisticated actually, he keeps adding new features every year.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Yes, I agree that both Money and Quicken have bloated unbelievably and most of the features are not valuable. That said, being able to do on-line bill pay and reconciliations is more than worth it. (And I used to keep my personal finances on Excel).

 

[BlueWeasel]

Several nice excel templates here (this link just goes a little deeper than the one jkoon posted).

The only one I use is the Personal Monthly Budget, but that's some useful and nice looking financial spreadsheets.

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel
Several nice excel templates here (this link just goes a little deeper than the one jkoon posted).

The only one I use is the Personal Monthly Budget, but that's some useful and nice looking financial spreadsheets.

excelllllllllent

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I thought I would try to use Money 2005 for stuff, as I've been using a fairly simple spreadsheet for the longest time. I couldn't stand it though, as I just kept useing the spread sheet. Oh well though. I guess I should donate that disc of the freebies forum, cause I will never use it.
Tas.

 

[Wizkid]

I actually like Quicken quite a bit. You dont' need to use all of the features if you don't want. Just setup your categories (or use the defaults) and accounts, then enter your transactions into the register and that's it. You get a few really useful reports and you don't have to look at the rest if you don't want to. I have never seen an Excel solution that works this well. You may want to get a trial version and play around with it, you might actually like it once you get used to it.

 

[garkon]