Ah, that's it. No, you don't assign a bucket on the cc side. I don't mind that my payment on the credit card side is unassigned as I know those round numbers are a CC payment. I assign a bucket when the purchase is made. You're not as confused as you think. ;-)
Karen On 1-Jan-09, at 6:58 PM, SpiralOcean wrote: > > One more correction... > There are two options: > The first option is to have two separate transactions. > one withdrawl in the checking for payment to the credit card, the > checking should have your bucket assignment. > and one deposit in the credit card from the checking. > This is where a problem occurs. You cannot assign the deposit in the > credit card account to a bucket. And so it will remain in the > unassigned smart bucket. I like to use that bucket to make sure I've > processed all my transactions. > > Or, you have a transfer, with the bucket assignment in the checking > side. > The credit card side will say transfer for the bucket. > > This thread touches upon the above statement: > http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software/browse_thread/thread/c021d6e5d8398ffe# > > On Jan 1, 3:51 pm, SpiralOcean <[email protected]> wrote: >>> This is different than repaying my debt because I already took the >>> amount out of the groceries bucket. >>> Here is what happens if enter a single transaction from the Debt >>> Repayment bucket and do not transfer >>> Example: >>> $500 Checking Account >>> -$000 Credit Card Account >>> _________________ >>> $500 Total Real Money >> >>> -buckets- >>> $300 Income: salary >>> $000 groceries >>> $000 Debt Repayment >>> __________________ >>> $300 Total Bucket Allocation >> >>> I now think I have more money than I do. >> >>> I think you always need to transfer when making a payment to a >>> credit >>> card from a bucket. >> >> Need to revise that statement. >> Whenever you are paying a credit card, it needs to transfer from your >> Checking to the Credit card. Otherwise you will get the above >> scenario. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
