💰 Personal Finance Management System (Console-Based)

A simple Java-based console application to help users track their income, expenses, and transactions with category-wise filtering and deletion support.

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📌 Features

✅ Add income and expenses

✅ Automatically calculate and update balance

✅ Categorize expenses (Food, Rent, Entertainment, Others)

✅ View all transactions

✅ Delete individual transactions with balance adjustment

✅ Filter transactions by category

✅ Get summary of total income, expenses, and balance

✅ Console-based, beginner-friendly project

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🛠 Technologies Used

Java (Standard Edition)

Java Collections (ArrayList, HashMap)

Scanner for user input

OOP concepts (Classes, Objects, Encapsulation)

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📂 Project Structure

org.example/ │ ├── Main.java // Entry point - handles user interaction ├── User.java // Represents the user ├── Account.java // Manages income, expenses, balance, and categories └── Transaction.java // Stores details of a transaction

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🚀 How to Run

1. Clone the repository or Download ZIP

2. Open the project in IntelliJ IDEA (or any Java IDE)

3. Run Main.java

4. Follow on-screen instructions from the console

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📸 Sample Output

Hello, welcome to Personal Finance Management System! Enter name:

John Enter initial income: 10000 Welcome John! Your initial income is RS 10000.0 Choose:

1. Add Income
2. Add Expense
3. View Balance Summary
4. View Transactions
5. Delete Transaction
6. Filter Transaction by Category
7. Exit

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💡 Use Case

This is a basic-level project ideal for:

Java beginners to practice OOP concepts

Demonstrating console-based user interaction

Learning how to use data structures like ArrayList and HashMap

Building a finance-tracking logic in Java

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📈 Future Enhancements

Add file storage for saving/loading data

Generate monthly reports

Add budget alerts

Build GUI using JavaFX or Swing

Convert into a web application

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🧑‍💻 Author

👩‍💻 Fathima Yasmin Farina M I