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Budgeting Resources, Spreadsheet Budgeting

Categories are Personal: A Guide to Picking the Right Categories for You

You might be wondering what categories you should use in your Tiller spreadsheets. That’s not such a simple question! Let’s look first at how Categories fit into Tiller’s organizational system.

Expense Tracking Resources

Updated Category Tracker Templates for Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel

The Category Tracker is Tiller's third most-popular Community template. It's now been refreshed for both Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel.

Expense Tracking Resources, Google Sheets Tips

Answering “How Much Did I Spend on Amazon?”

Here's how to easily track your Amazon spending by using two one-click profiles connected to a single Tiller-powered Google Spreadsheet.

Budgeting Resources

4 Tips for Choosing Your Budget Categories (Plus Suggestions)

Choosing budget categories is the first step to understanding your financial situation. Here are our suggestions for selecting the best categories to use.

Tiller Tips

How Tiller Gives You Ultimate Control of Your Budget Categories

Unlike other personal finance tools, Tiller lets you manage your money your way. That's why only Tiller gives you 100% control of your budget and transaction categories.

Expense Tracking Resources

3 Benefits of Manually Tracking Spending in a Spreadsheet

5 Reasons to Use a Spreadsheet to Manage Your Money and 3 Reasons Not To

Auto-categories are useful in many finance apps and tools (including Tiller-powered Google Sheet templates) but there are several benefits to manually categorizing transactions.

Tiller Tips

Rename Your Accounts For Greater Financial Tracking Flexibility

A highly requested feature is now available in your Tiller Console! Assign an account nickname to accounts connected to Tiller for more flexible finance tracking.

Tiller Tips

How to Quickly Categorize Transactions in Your Finance Worksheet

Have a large group of historical transactions that need to be categorized? Perhaps all those times you got gas over the past several months that Tiller pulls in when you first create a Tiller Sheet? We've got an quick and easy way to categorize that lump of transactions using the built in features of Google Sheets.