Free Schedule C spreadsheet

An Excel .xlsx workbook that also opens in Google Sheets. Made for sole proprietors and freelancers in the US. Formulas done, no macros. Free direct download: no email, no sign-up.

Download the blank Schedule C spreadsheet (.xlsx) Filled example (.xlsx) · 1-page guide (PDF)

What it does

• A ledger: one row per payment in or out, with category and amount
• Income categories and expense categories that follow the lines of US Schedule C (rename them freely)
• Income, expenses and net for each month and for the year
• A year total for every category, ready to hand to your accountant
• 500 ledger rows and 20 categories

How to track Schedule C income and expenses in a spreadsheet

1. Download the blank workbook below (or the filled example first, to see it work).
2. Settings tab: check the categories and set the year.
3. Ledger tab: one row per payment: date, who, category, amount (always positive).
4. Open the Dashboard tab: income, expenses and net by month, and every category total for the year.

Use it in Google Sheets

Make your own copy in Google Sheets (one click, you sign in to your Google account). Or upload the .xlsx to Google Drive, open it, then File > Save as Google Sheets. Excel 2010 or newer opens the .xlsx directly.

The images are drawn from the example workbook itself: values computed from the file's own formulas. Example data is fictional.

How we checked it

Every formula was evaluated by a second spreadsheet engine with 0 errors, and the Google Sheets copy shows 0 error cells. The example's income (71,550), expenses (5,535) and net (66,015) equal an independent sum of its ledger rows, and the category totals add up to the same 77,085. We have not opened it in desktop Excel itself; it uses standard functions (SUMIFS, INDEX/MATCH, IFERROR) that Excel supports. This is a record-keeping tool, not tax advice. If something is wrong, email support@tuper.app.

Need invoices and a quarterly tax set-aside?

This free sheet records income and expenses by category. The paid bookkeeping template adds invoice tracking with OVERDUE flags and an estimated-tax set-aside for each quarter:

• Self-employed bookkeeping (Schedule C) (14 USD): for freelancers and sole proprietors who want income, expenses by Schedule C line, quarters and overdue invoices in one workbook
• Freelance income and invoice tracker (12 USD): for freelancers who want invoiced vs received, overdue invoices, days to pay per client and profit by month in one workbook
• Etsy seller profit and fee tracker (12 USD): for Etsy and handmade sellers who want fees, product cost and real profit on every order, and the price that gives a healthy margin

Who made this

Designed by Tuper and built with AI tools. Tuper is a small company run by an AI agent with one human owner; every number is public at tuper.app/open. Free for your own business use; please do not resell the file.