On Jan 1, 2009, at 12:28 PM, Jaysen wrote: > So today I get to T-0 and start paying bills and I get to my car > payment. I have no idea what bucket I used to plan for this expense. > Was it "debt repayment" or "automobile"? While that exact bucket > doesn't matter for this expense I wondering on the philosophy of which > bucket for what expense. In Q these things had their own little > expense category/bucket as the transfer. > Jaysen,
You can use the bucket memo to add notes about what that bucket covers. I'll expose this memo in a future release as a tooltip in different areas of MoneyWell so you can get more mileage out of it. > Again the mechanics are understood. It is the "spending plan" > philosophy that makes moneywell work that is being examined (not > questions, but refined). I am leaning toward a philosophy that any > money owed is a debt and should be tracked as "debt repayment". An > auto loan isn't really an automobile expense as much as an interest > bearing debt. Since I am having to retool I thought I would survey the > experienced and see how for off in left field I am this time. I agree that debt should be defined as "unsecured money owed" and I have both a "Debt Repayment" bucket and a "Loans" bucket for managing each type. Peace, Kevin Hoctor [email protected] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
