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Monthly Budget Planner

Calculate your monthly cash surplus or deficit by subtracting fixed and variable expenses from your monthly take-home income. Use it as the simplest budgeting check to see whether you live within your means and how much is left for savings, debt payoff, or discretionary spending each month.

Monthly Income ($)

Fixed Expenses ($)

Variable Expenses ($)

Budgeting

Debt-to-Income Ratio Calculator

Calculate your debt-to-income ratio — the percentage of gross monthly income that goes to debt payments — the same way mortgage lenders compute it. Use it to gauge how lenders will view your application and whether your debt load is comfortable, stretched, or risky.

Monthly Debt Payments ($)

Gross Monthly Income ($)

Key differences

	Monthly Budget Planner	Debt-to-Income Ratio Calculator
Category	Budgeting	Budgeting
Inputs required	3	2
Result	Remaining Budget ($)	Debt-to-Income Ratio (%)
What it does	Calculate your monthly cash surplus or deficit by subtracting fixed and variable expenses from your monthly take-home income. Use it as the simplest budgeting check to see whether you live within your means and how much is left for savings, debt payoff, or discretionary spending each month.	Calculate your debt-to-income ratio — the percentage of gross monthly income that goes to debt payments — the same way mortgage lenders compute it. Use it to gauge how lenders will view your application and whether your debt load is comfortable, stretched, or risky.