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02-17-2006, 03:06 PM
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 Re: Tabaco, Cofee and other small stuff In microsoft.public.money, William R Wood wrote: - quote - > How you categorize certain expenses depends mostly on why you want to track
That sounds like a good analysis. When he chooses a method, that> them. > If you want to quit smoking (good idea), create a top line category for > tobacco so it smacks you in the face every time you look at Money. If you > want to bury it so it doesn't annoy you or your wife doesn't find out how > much you are spending, track tobacco under groceries or > a similar broader category. > But if you are trying to control your expenses, you better make them highly > visible and that means giving them a separate category. In other words when > you see how much you are really spending on "small stuff" like coffee and > cigarettes, you might stop the trips to Starbucks or whatever  does not mean that he cannot change it later. He can Move a category later so that all occurrences of that category change to a different category. So if his purposes or preferences change, then he can modify the existing transactions too. |
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02-17-2006, 10:57 AM
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| Re: Tabaco, Cofee and other small stuff How you categorize certain expenses depends mostly on why you want to track them. If you want to quit smoking (good idea), create a top line category for tobacco so it smacks you in the face every time you look at Money. If you want to bury it so it doesn't annoy you or your wife doesn't find out how much you are spending, track tobacco under groceries or a similar broader category. But if you are trying to control your expenses, you better make them highly visible and that means giving them a separate category. In other words when you see how much you are really spending on "small stuff" like coffee and cigarettes, you might stop the trips to Starbucks or whatever Regards Bill Wood Fountain Hills, AZ "Bernardo" <Bernardo[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2648E73D-A9BE-4FD8-960B-89E142FA76AB[at]microsoft.com... - quote - > Hey guys this is a bit silly but where would you put the tabaco and cofee > stuff? Well its spending I think it is worth keeping an eye out for |
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02-17-2006, 05:05 AM
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| Re: Tabaco, Cofee and other small stuff Coffee is Groceries. Cigarettes are Miscellaneous. Starbucks is Dining Out. If you buy cigarettes at the grocery store, they are Groceries. If you would prefer to create a Coffee category and a Cigarettes category, you can do that, but it seems a little unnecessary. Susan "Bernardo" <Bernardo[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2648E73D-A9BE-4FD8-960B-89E142FA76AB[at]microsoft.com... - quote - > Hey guys this is a bit silly but where would you put the tabaco and cofee > stuff? Well its spending I think it is worth keeping an eye out for |
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02-16-2006, 11:38 AM
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| Re: Tabaco, Cofee and other small stuff I don't know that there is one right answer. Food:Groceries? Food:Bad Habits? Food:Necessary Evils? Evils:Necessary? Leisure:Caffeine and Nicotine? "Bernardo" <Bernardo[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2648E73D-A9BE-4FD8-960B-89E142FA76AB[at]microsoft.com... - quote - > Hey guys this is a bit silly but where would you put the tabaco and cofee > stuff? Well its spending I think it is worth keeping an eye out for |
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02-16-2006, 07:19 AM
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| Tabaco, Cofee and other small stuff Hey guys this is a bit silly but where would you put the tabaco and cofee stuff? Well its spending I think it is worth keeping an eye out for |
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