Money Trap Academy

Personal finance review · Documents before conclusions

What do you owe?
What needs checking?

Build an inventory from statements, bills and agreements. Keep unknown balances, rates, payment terms and source dates visible.

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Nothing is submitted to MTA or an instructor. Saving is optional and separate from your budget and statement worksheet. Use safe labels and references; omit account numbers, credentials and identity documents.

Use US dollars. This is an educational inventory, not a payoff quote, debt validation, credit score, legal determination or professional forensic audit. Keep original documents separately and verify terms with their issuer or an appropriately qualified professional when needed.

Keep your worksheet before leaving

This open version is not confirmed saved on this device. Leaving clears the open worksheet.

Stay to save a copy or turn on optional device saving. If you already kept a file of this version, you can leave.

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Opening the private worksheet…

Saving is optional and keeps one current worksheet of this type. Starting a new worksheet or opening a file replaces that copy; save separate files to keep previous work. If a changed saved copy is detected in another tab, automatic saving pauses. Save files of both the open version and the device-saved copy before selecting device saving again; that choice replaces the saved copy with this open worksheet. Other people using this browser profile can open saved work. Clearing site data may remove it. Keep a separate file before leaving; browser Back, closing a tab or switching apps may not show a warning.

This keeps the copy stored in this browser when you select download, which may differ from your open entries. Use Save a worksheet copy below to keep the open version too. Each file must be reopened in its matching tool; this action does not switch versions or resume saving.

Review date and coverage

Use the date of your review. Each item also keeps its source-document date. Leave unavailable figures blank; enter 0 only when the source confirms zero.

Debts and recurring obligations

Use safe labels, not account numbers. Record the amount required per payment and its frequency from the source. Supports up to 80 items. Classify a loan or card as debt and an ongoing service or bill as recurring.

Use US dollars, like 1250.50 or $1,250.50. Up to two decimal places; the tool does not round your entry. Leave unknown amounts blank.

Editing a checked item clears its source-review confirmation. If an item is marked paid, changing its label, type, amount, frequency, due date or source reference/date resets payment status to unknown. Recheck the revised payment against current records. Investigation marks stay in place.

No obligations entered. This does not mean you have no debts or bills.

Coverage is your confirmation, not independent verification. Adding, removing or editing item details, or changing the review date, clears it. Changing only source-review labels leaves coverage as you set it.

Known figures. Visible gaps.

Inventory coverage has not been confirmed. Due-date and document-date comparisons are paused. Known numeric subtotals remain available; check the review date before interpreting dates relative to it.

Review inventory coverageReview the inventory date
Known entered debt balances
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Amounts included: 0 of 0.

Debt payments · monthly average
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Amounts included: 0 of 0.

Recurring bills · monthly average
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Amounts included: 0 of 0.

These are known-entry subtotals, not proof that the inventory is complete. Missing or invalid amounts, and payments with unknown frequency, are excluded and listed below. Balances may come from different document dates; this is not a verified same-day liability total or net-worth calculation.

A monthly average spreads the entered payments across a year. The amount due on a particular date can be different. The tool does not calculate interest accrual, loan payoff dates or the effect of future rate changes.

See how the monthly averages add up

For each entered payment, multiply by the number of payments used for a year. Add each group, then divide by 12. The tool rounds the group average once to the nearest cent.

Debt payments

No debt payments listed in this review.

Recurring bills

No recurring bills listed in this review.

These averages use 52 weekly, 26 every-two-week, 12 monthly, 4 quarterly or 1 yearly payment. Actual dates and the number of payments in a calendar year can differ.

Paid and unpaid items stay in the average. It is not a total of unpaid bills. Check each bill’s amount and due date; a monthly average is not necessarily what is due then.

Before using a figure in your budget, check whether an existing bill, debt or savings entry already covers it. Count each amount once. Figures do not move between these worksheets automatically.

Monthly averages annualize entered payments using 52 weekly, 26 fortnightly, 12 monthly, 4 quarterly or 1 annual payment, then divide the total by 12 and round once to cents. Actual calendar counts and due-date cash needs can differ. Entered annualized debt payments: No debt payments listed; recurring payments: No recurring bills listed.

Review the two payment groups separately. A debt payment or recurring bill may already be in your budget or bank transactions; do not add the same obligation twice.

Evidence and terms to review

These prompts identify missing or inconsistent records. They do not establish fraud, delinquency, enforceability or a recommended payment strategy.

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Need a hand?

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