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50/30/20 budget calculator

Needs50%

Rent, food, utilities, transport, minimum debt payments

$0
Wants30%

Dining out, subscriptions, hobbies, travel, shopping

$0
Savings & Debt20%

Emergency fund, investing, extra debt payoff

$0

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The 50/30/20 rule — half your take-home to needs, 30% to wants, 20% to savings and debt.

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About 50/30/20 budget calculator

50/30/20 is the most widely taught budgeting split because it is simple enough to keep. Needs are the things you cannot stop paying: housing, food, transport, minimum debt payments. Wants are everything discretionary. The remaining fifth goes to savings and to paying debt down faster.

Enter your take-home pay and the three figures are calculated for you, then printed as a sheet you can write actual spending onto. The gap between the plan and the sheet at month end is the whole point.