On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 5:28 PM, Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi again, > >> The way we have it setup in my household is this: >> >> !. Get paid, assign that to my "salary bucket". >> >> 2. Planned savings amount is allocated to "savings" expense bucket. >> >> 3. Transfer funds from Checking Account to Savings Account, charging >> the "savings" bucket. >> >> This way, my savings account reflects my "savings" for emergencies. > > That's exactly what I want to do :) But again, here is what I get when > I do it like you describe it: > > After step 2 my "savings" bucket contains 100 to be spend that month. > Then I transfer the 100 from A to B and assign them to the expense > bucket "savings" (is that what you mean with "charging"?). After that > my account B contains the 100 but I also "spent" the 100 that I had in > the "savings" bucket at the same time, so that "Savings" shows 0 after > the transfer. Is that correct? Is that the result you get as well? > Wouldn't it also mean that, in case you save more than your planned > amount, you basically "overspend" your savings? > > How do you get the money out of B then? By transferring it to A and > assigning it to an income bucket?
I think you're getting it. Yes, my "savings" expense bucket goes to zero. If I end up saving a little more, I had to have that from somewhere, either another expense bucket or my income buckets, so I make a money flow from one of those buckets to the savings bucket to cover the "expense". As for getting the money back, you would make a money flow from your Savings Account to an income bucket and then allocate to whatever expense bucket or buckets you needed to for covering overages in those buckets. Patrick --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
