If you are trying to add all of the amounts in column D&E that have Tom or
Pete in column B and then subtract that amount from C1 use
=SUMIF(B:B,"Tom",D:E)+SUMIF(B:B,"Pete",D:E)-C1
HTH

"excelrookie05" wrote:


I'm stuck big time and I'm not even sure how to explain it ... but here
goes.
I need to use a formula that takes two different people, add all their
transaction for a 30 day period, then subtract that amount from a
starting balance. There isn't
a transaction for every day of the month and when there is one, it has
to feed of
the remaining balance not the starting balance. Gosh, I hope that made
sense???

The formula I came up with is:

IF((B1="Tom"),c1-Sumd1:d31, IF((B1="Pete"),c1-Sumd1:d31))

Column A is date, column B is person, column C is starting balance,
column D is amount used, and column E is remaining balance.

Any help with be greatly appreciated.


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