How to Make a Printable Monthly Bill Payment Log
A printable monthly bill payment log can help you keep track of your finances and manage expenses. This printable payment log can tailored for any monthly bill schedule.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Computer with Internet
- Paper
- Printer
- Budget Planner Software or Spreadsheet Template
- Monthly bill records
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First download a printable monthly budget planner template or create on yourself using Excel to design your bill payment log.
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Second make a list of all your monthly bill payment expenses including fixed and variable.
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Start by making a log of fixed monthly expenses including any bill that must be payed on a regular basis and with a set payment amount.
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Examples of these monthly bill payment expenses include mortgage, auto, insurance, financial investments, saving funds, etc.
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Then record all monthly variable expenses on your printable log including any bill you have to pay on a set date or specific interval of time but where amounts vary.
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Examples of monthly variable bill payment expenses are groceries, utilities, phone, fuel, etc.
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Now create a table at the top of your printable log to record the month, bill due date, type of bill, and the payment amount.
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First record your Month, then under the column for bill date list the days of the month all the way down your printable log.
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Then log each payment type and amount on the row that corresponds with appropriate date due for each bill.
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Now you have a printable monthly log of each bill and the amounts and dates payment is due.
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Tips & Warnings
personal expenses and emergency funds can also be included as a set monthly bill payment and entered on your printable log.
You can reserve room under your bill type and payment columns to enter bills due on the same day or stagger bill payments to cover all your days.
Try to arrange bill schedules that fit best with your earnings schedules if you are a dual income household or are payed multiple times monthly.
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