Budget & Expense Tracker with Variance
Track expenses against budgets with automatic variance calculations, alerts for overspending, and monthly comparison reports.
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Perfect For:
- Department budget tracking
- Project expense monitoring
- Personal finance management
- Cost control
- Quarterly variance analysis
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' Budget & Expense Tracker with Variance Analysis
' Sheet structure: Category (A), Budget (B), Actual (C), Variance (D), % Variance (E), Status (F)
Sub CalculateVariances()
' Calculate variances between budget and actual expenses
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ActiveSheet
Dim lastRow As Long
lastRow = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
' Validate headers
If ws.Cells(1, 1).Value <> "Category" Then
MsgBox "Please ensure headers are in row 1: Category, Budget, Actual, Variance, % Variance, Status", vbExclamation
Exit Sub
End If
Dim i As Long
For i = 2 To lastRow
Dim budget As Double
Dim actual As Double
Dim variance As Double
Dim percentVariance As Double
' Get budget and actual values
budget = Val(ws.Cells(i, 2).Value)
actual = Val(ws.Cells(i, 3).Value)
' Calculate variance (positive = under budget, negative = over budget)
variance = budget - actual
ws.Cells(i, 4).Value = variance
' Calculate percentage variance
If budget > 0 Then
percentVariance = (variance / budget) * 100
ws.Cells(i, 5).Value = percentVariance
ws.Cells(i, 5).NumberFormat = "0.00%"
Else
ws.Cells(i, 5).Value = "N/A"
End If
' Determine status
Dim status As String
If actual = 0 Then
status = "No Data"
ElseIf variance > 0 Then
status = "Under Budget"
ElseIf variance < 0 Then
status = "Over Budget"
Else
status = "On Budget"
End If
ws.Cells(i, 6).Value = status
' Apply conditional formatting
Select Case status
Case "Under Budget"
ws.Cells(i, 6).Interior.Color = RGB(144, 238, 144) ' Light green
Case "Over Budget"
ws.Cells(i, 6).Interior.Color = RGB(255, 160, 122) ' Light red
Case "On Budget"
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