On 10 déc. 08, at 16:44, Matthew Rankin wrote: > I'm curious how people are handling interest earned on their savings > accounts. I can see two options to handle: > > Option #1 > * Allocate interest directly to an expense bucket. For instance, I > could allocate interest earned on the HSA Bank account directly to the > Medical/Dental bucket. > * Advantages: Simple > * Disadvantages: Don't have easy visibility into how much interest > I've earned. Is this really a problem though? > > Option #2 > * Allocate all interest earned to an Interest Income bucket and then > allocate the money from that bucket into the appropriate expense > bucket. > * Advantages: Can see how much interest I've earned on all three > savings accounts by viewing the Interest Income bucket. Also, the > graph seems "more correct" since the interest earned shows up on the > income graph instead of as a negative amount on the expense graph. > * Disadvantages: Two step process to get paid interest—1) allocate > interest earned to the Interest Income bucket and then 2) allocate > from the Interest Income bucket to the appropriate expense bucket > > Could other MoneyWell users please weigh in on how they're handling > interest earnings?
I haven't used MoneyWell long enough to have to deal with this, but I'll probably go the second route. As I only get interests once a year, the extra step shouldn't be too bothersome. Alan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
