Truck Driver Road-Budget Planner

Most trucking spreadsheets are built for owner-operator bookkeeping. This one is built for the driver: what did this trip really pay, what did the road really cost, and what’s left for home? Trip & Pay Log: one row per load — paid miles, deadhead miles, days on road, gross pay, fuel, tolls, other costs — with Net Pay, Cost per Mile and per-trip Tax Set-Aside calculated automatically. Per diem done for you: the Dashboard totals your days on road times your per diem rate automatically. Tax set-aside on every trip, with a running “you should have saved” total at your own percentage. Deadhead honesty: Deadhead % and cost per ALL miles shown, so a good-paying load that ate its profit in fuel flags itself. Road Expenses log by category. Monthly Budget (home money): zero-based, with the month’s road net pay pulled in automatically and Leftover flagging red until it reaches $0. Monthly Summary by month, plus 5 realistic sample trips (Oct 2026) pre-filled so every formula is visibly working on open. Only formulas that work identically in Excel and Google Sheets, every one wrapped in IFERROR; pale-yellow input cells; formula cells locked (password: sheetdaily, disclosed in Start Here). A real .xlsx download. Tracking tool only — not tax advice; per diem and deduction rules vary, confirm yours with your tax professional.