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| Perfect. Thanks, Cal. "Cal Learner-- MVP" wrote: - quote - > In microsoft.public.money, Will wrote: > > > I have a Bank of America checking and savings with the Keep the Change > > feature, where my debit card charges are rounded up to the next dollar, with > > the difference being deposited into my savings. What type of category should > > I place this in? > > > I would just list it as a transfer, but when my accounts update online, it > > places a charge on the checking and a deposit on the savings account. > > > What is the best way to list this to keep track of the savings properly? > I suggest you treat it as you would a credit card payment, but in > reverse. > Here is the classic way a downloaded payment to pay off the credit > card bill would be handled: > ================================================== ================= > When you first process the first transaction of the credit card > payment, set the category as a transfer to the other ( credit card > or bank account), or use the equivalent "SPECIAL Credit Card > Payment" category. When you process the second transaction,Money > should match it. Be careful to not just Accept if Money did not > find the match on its own for some reason. Click Change and match > it to the transfer you already made if Money did not match it for > you. I would consider this the classic of the ways I like. Note > that for this you would *not* use the Money "EXPENSE Credit Card > Payment". I would Delete that category. > For existing transactions that are already accepted, convert one to > a > transfer and Void/Delete the other. > ================================================== ================== > So in your case, if the above describes how you handle credit card > payments, change each such credit card "change" to a transfer to the > savings account. If you use some other method, it would make some > sense to mirror your method. > They must be giving you some kind of bonus to go thru this. I hope > the bonus is worthwhile. That program would not appeal to me. |
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| In microsoft.public.money, Will wrote: - quote - > I have a Bank of America checking and savings with the Keep the Change
I suggest you treat it as you would a credit card payment, but in> feature, where my debit card charges are rounded up to the next dollar, with > the difference being deposited into my savings. What type of category should > I place this in? > I would just list it as a transfer, but when my accounts update online, it > places a charge on the checking and a deposit on the savings account. > What is the best way to list this to keep track of the savings properly? reverse. Here is the classic way a downloaded payment to pay off the credit card bill would be handled: ================================================== ================= When you first process the first transaction of the credit card payment, set the category as a transfer to the other ( credit card or bank account), or use the equivalent "SPECIAL Credit Card Payment" category. When you process the second transaction,Money should match it. Be careful to not just Accept if Money did not find the match on its own for some reason. Click Change and match it to the transfer you already made if Money did not match it for you. I would consider this the classic of the ways I like. Note that for this you would *not* use the Money "EXPENSE Credit Card Payment". I would Delete that category. For existing transactions that are already accepted, convert one to a transfer and Void/Delete the other. ================================================== ================== So in your case, if the above describes how you handle credit card payments, change each such credit card "change" to a transfer to the savings account. If you use some other method, it would make some sense to mirror your method. They must be giving you some kind of bonus to go thru this. I hope the bonus is worthwhile. That program would not appeal to me. |
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| Hello, I have a Bank of America checking and savings with the Keep the Change feature, where my debit card charges are rounded up to the next dollar, with the difference being deposited into my savings. What type of category should I place this in? I would just list it as a transfer, but when my accounts update online, it places a charge on the checking and a deposit on the savings account. What is the best way to list this to keep track of the savings properly? Thanks for any help! |
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