No, I did not have a bucket for the annual note payment. It sounds like I should do that, though.
Do I understand correctly that pending transactions in the current month show up as deductions from the buckets? So I should put credit card payments in as pending transactions, both to remind me to make them and to make sure I don't spend that money on something else in the meantime? Thanks again! Lynne Kevin Hoctor wrote: > On Mar 1, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Lynne wrote: > > > First, thank you for the program, which looks like it will be much > > more effective in keeping me on track with spending than quicken even > > was. I started using this in February and am starting to get this > > figured out, I think. So I was going to use a new cash flow starting > > date of March 1, but it's not working as I expected. I had cash on > > hand, so I put that in the salary bucket as cash to spend. But at > > first, it showed multiple negative balances in the expense buckets and > > zero in the salary bucket. I closed the program and went back in, and > > it then showed the cash on hand in the salary bucket, but negative > > amounts in several buckets. I reclosed and reopened the program > > again, and it now shows a positive amount in the salary bucket for > > cash on hand, and a negative amount in the debt repayment bucket, > > which equals the amount of pending transactions I have for future > > dates in March. Is this last what it is supposed to do? Any ideas on > > why I had to close and reopen the program twice to get there? I'm a > > little concerned there's a bug on my system. > > > Hi Lynne, > > This may have happened because a new month has started and MoneyWell > doesn't refresh the display properly until you quit and restart after > the first of the month. I am working on fixing this. > > > Also, when I reconciled my checking account, one of the reconciled > > transactions has an icon with 3 horizontal bars instead of a green > > checkmark. When I click on the transaction, it shows reconciled in > > the status panel on the right. What does the 3 bars mean? > > > That means that it's a split child transaction and really isn't part > of the reconcile. The parent split is the one that shows up in the > reconcile view. > > > And sorry for the basic questions, but can you tell me what the > > difference is between cleared and reconciled in the status field? > > > Cleared is the status that is set when you direct download from the > bank or import transactions. Reconciled is the one you set when you > confirm that transaction matches up with your account statement. You > really never have to deal with the Cleared status. > > > And, finally (!): I have some cash on hand in my checking that I > > wanted to put into savings with the intention of using it to make an > > annual note payment later this year. It's not really part of the > > monthly spending plan, so do you all recommend just ignoring it? > > > Do you have a bucket for this annual note payment? I like to allocate > income to my annual tax buckets so I have the money to pay them once > the time comes. You can transfer this money to savings once you > allocate it, just remember to move it back prior to making the payment. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
