Violet, while I'm probably not doing it the "right" way, for work expenses, I
like to categorize both the origination transaction, and the reimbursement,
as the expense type "job expense: reimbursed". While Money will bark at me
every time I put in a deposit with that description, the category should
generally zero out over the long run.

The main disadvantage here is that some expenses are small cash purchases,
which don't make their way into Money in the first place. So, I'm actually
turning a profit in job expenses this year.

For (personal) drug expenses, I would also set up a cost category for that,
and then credit the reimbursement against it.

I don't really use the Advanced Budget though, so I'm no help there.

"violet559" wrote:
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Hello

I have just started using Money 2005. So far so good, but I need help with
tracking and accounting for the following. I am not sure how to set this up
and still make my budget balance. The below expenses vary from month to month

1. Work related expenses that are reinbursed by my employer. For example, I
buy lunch for $5 and my employer gives me a check for $5 2 weeks layer.

2. Prescriptions. My employer pays 80% of my health prescriptions. For
example, I buy drug 'a' for $1 and my employer gives me a check for $.80.

Any ideas on how to set this up in 'Advanced Budget'?

Thanks for all your advice and suggestions!