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.
> >


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