Function for adding certain random cells

[Elite88]

I have an expense handbook that I track my expenses and incomes. In the book I use certain codes for various expenses such as fuel, breakdowns and utilities. They vary month to month, so there's no set amount of each expense I will have for any particular month; as well as what order they would be written. I write them down as they are expensed. Is there a way to enter an expense with a code independently and have it total into another cell for a total spent for that expense for that month?

[Elite88]

Here's a copy of the first page. I plan on doing 12 sheets, one for each month. I will also do a yearly total at the end that will automatically pull each total from the right columns for a budget review.

[Elite88]

No one has any ideas?

[shg]

You could get rid of columns H:I and use a pivot table directly from columns. Mingle expenses and income in the same list with different signs.

Or buy Quicken.

[Elite88]

I bought quicken. It worked fine for 7 months then wouldn't download info from bank. So I created a new file, but it would only download back to April. This is so much simpler.