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Home » Budgeting

How to Track Expenses through GMail Quick Links and Google Docs

by G.E. Miller on January 27, 20097 Comments

Lifehacker reader, Nick Espinoza, came up with a clever way to track expenses through GMail and Google Docs using GMail ‘Quick Links’ (a GMail Labs feature). His method is a great way to track non-electronic transactions (cash and check). Here are the instructions:

How to use GMail to track spending

Please note that I would not recommend this method for credit and debit transactions if you are able to access your transactions and download through your credit or debit card websites. If you have a data enabled cell plan, this is a great way to quickly record your transactions as soon as you make them.

Personal Budget Planner Spreadsheet

I have been a big fan of using Google Docs to track budgeting if you are a fan of manual budget tracking functionality. Here is a personal budget planner spreadsheet that I previously created (and still use):

gmail expenses How to Track Expenses through GMail Quick Links and Google Docs20somethingfinance.com personal budget planner (Google Docs)

If you want to learn how to use this budget spreadsheet, you can view the personal budget spreadsheet post.

Email Budgeting Discussion:

  • What methods are you using to track cash and track transactions? Credit and debit?

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