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Breaking Down Expenses into Weekly Timelines
Anyone out there have any suggestions on managing Grocery and Dining Out budgets? I find myself using these categories as a standing account. I bascically keep a couple hundred bucks in each,…
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- dakinemaui5 mths ago
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Baha'i Huquq'u'llah Tracking
Members of the Baha'i Faith (and any Faith really) have been given 2 forms of flexing our generosity muscles: 1. General Charitable Giving - This is based on each person's desire to give.…
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- Gray_Pony.1
- 1 yr ago
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- Khaki Storm5 mths ago
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Are categories are account-agnostic?
One thing I’ve struggled with in my first few years of using YNAB is accounts versus categories, specifically when budgeting money from multiple accounts into a single category,…
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- matt.1
- 5 mths ago
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- Superbone5 mths ago
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Where to but the budget for future months
New to YNAB. I have 3-4 months of money sitting in my old emergency fund savings account. Should I 1 create a category called 3 Months Savings and just keep it in there or 2 actually fill out the…
- Sky Blue Saxophone
- Sky_Blue_Saxophone.3
- 5 mths ago
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- Superbone5 mths ago
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Steps to assign same spending category
Hello, I tried to search this: assign category to multiple entries If you have 5 entries for the same spending category, how do you do it for all at one time vs 1 by 1 by 1 by... Thanks,
- Khaki Pegasus
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- 5 mths ago
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- dakinemaui5 mths ago
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Budget and TBB maybe are misaligned???
I've reconciled my budget accounts to the point that they're tracking my recent spending just right. However, I have an emergency fund category that's off by +$247.05. Do I subtract that $247.…
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- grahamps
- 5 mths ago
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- dakinemaui5 mths ago
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How I fixed direct import issues
Ever since YNAB switched to plaid I had to authenticate with my bank every day and go through the MFA process twice each time. Super annoying! So I thought, what if I unlink my bank,…
- Rich M
- rich.1
- 5 mths ago
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- FanessYNAB Support5 mths ago
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Budgeting in the future technical question
I've heard talk of people budgeting in future months as a way of getting ahead financially using YNAB and I've always wondered how this works because I can't go more than one month ahead.…
- PhysicsGal
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- physicsgal
- 5 mths ago
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- dakinemaui5 mths ago
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Find which hidden account has a balance?
Howdy gang! I'm a longtime YNAB user and have several dozen hidden categories from retiring old debts and savings goals over the years. At some point, I managed to hide one with a balance of $1.…
- GeekInOhio
- geekinohio
- 5 mths ago
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- GeekInOhio5 mths ago
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Staying motivated and persisting through doubt
HI all, Just curious if you have any tips and tricks on sticking with it. I have a little money in the bank and as I start to go through the budget and give every dollar and start to see it all…
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- binary
- 5 mths ago
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- Binary5 mths ago
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Transfers to Savings not showing in Activity
I've been using YNAB for about 5 months now and haven't had this issue yet. I do this every week. I have a checking and two savings accounts all linked and connected to YNAB.…
- mng622
- Forest_Green_Guitar.11
- 5 mths ago
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- dakinemaui5 mths ago
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Has anyone exported several years of YNAB 4.0 into Quicken or other?
Hi, Has anyone successfully exported all their YNAB transactions (with links across accounts) to Quicken for Mac?
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- Alice_Blue_Sun.1
- 1 yr ago
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- Tozovac5 mths ago
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My nYNAB feedback
Giving nYNAB a whirl for a second time two years later... With that said, I started using YNAB Pro way back in 2007 when there wasn’t even multiple account registers,…
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- Joel
- 2 yrs ago
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- Superbone5 mths ago
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Calling all veteran YNABers
I love reading your replies in all threads - a lot of lightbulb moments. So I'm hoping you'll share some of your wisdom and tales of what brought you here: why you started YNAB,…
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- Aquamarine_Piranha.9
- 5 mths ago
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- Friendly_gal5 mths ago
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Real Expense ==> Reports that can show money spent + money budgeted(but NOT spent)
Current YNAB REPORTS only shows what has been spent, but NOT which has only been budgeted (and not yet spent) Is there any kind of report, which combines expenses, and budgeted TRUE expenses,…
- Sky Blue Harp
- Sky_Blue_Harp.2
- 5 mths ago
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- dakinemaui5 mths ago
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Downloading Transactions - Which one to keep?
Hi, I have scheduled transactions but also download transactions. Oftentime, downloaded transactions are matched to scheduled transactions already in the register.…
- crinkles
- crinkles
- 6 mths ago
- 5 replies
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- NicoleYNAB Support5 mths ago
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Making annual goals for discretionary expenses to control annual spending
Hello YNAB community! Long time lurker, first time poster here. I've been using YNAB since 2018 and its definitely helped me a lot. However, I always wanted that "planning" ahead of time aspect to…
- Magenta Piano
- Magenta_Piano
- 5 mths ago
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- dakinemaui5 mths ago
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We took True Expenses/Goals to the next level...
We have been using YNAB for years and we were always having to cover overspending in our Groceries and Going Out categories. Our idea of how much we should spend in these categories was not matching…
- Powder Blue Cornet
- Powder_Blue_Cornet.16
- 6 mths ago
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- Alexrandia6 mths ago
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Amazon Order History Report!!!
This was posted over on the Facebook YNAB Fans group by someone (not me) but I have seen alot of people having problems with the Amazon order reconciliation so I thought I would post this here in…
- MXMOM
- MXMOM
- 6 mths ago
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- Alexrandia6 mths ago
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What's the best way to build up regular spending categories?
Take medical: this category funds monthly prescriptions, but also semi-annual dentist appointments, glasses every two years, and the occasional 4-6 weeks of physio.…
- dangerosity
- Aquamarine_Piranha.9
- 6 mths ago
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- dangerosity6 mths ago
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Increasingly slow performance in Web App
As my number of accounts and financial transactions continue to grow over time, I notice the YNAB web application seems to be slower and slower. There's an increasing delay between when I submit an…
- PapaShawn
- papashawn
- 1 yr ago
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- NicoleYNAB Support6 mths ago
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Trying Out the YNAB Buffer
"Buffer" - Money that allows you to separate the timing of your budgetary actions from the event of your paycheck while following the YNAB method of making decisions with dollars in hand.…
- Move Light Sound Life
- move_light_sound_life
- 9 mths ago
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- WordTenor6 mths ago
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Seasonality
How do people deal with seasonality in their budgets, especially if the first month is negative. For example, I set aside $200/mnth for lawn care, even thought it is only costing me $100/mnth at the…
- Ivory Captain
- Ivory_Captain.9
- 6 mths ago
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- Ivory Captain6 mths ago
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Split Transaction "fix", March 17 Release
The release notes have this to say: "Now, if you split your transaction but only add one sub-transaction, we’ll create a regular transaction." A number of people use a one-line split to record a…
- dakinemaui
- dakinemaui
- 6 mths ago
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- pnbjam6 mths ago
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Accruals
What is the best way to categorize saving for a "real expense" which may come intermittently, but is more or less predictable. Things come to mind such as HOA expenses (quarterly) or car taxes…
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- Silver_Screwdiver.2
- 6 mths ago
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