What are the MM version you guys use?
I´m using the 2007 version, and I didn´t note this kind of problem
(although I´m out the office right now. I´ll check this out later).

"William R Wood" <w.wood[at]cox.net> wrote in message
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I do the same.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

William,
Thanks for your feedback. I'm an old Managing Your Money user and new to MM.
I'm finding out that the results in MM don't always turn out like one would
expect. I wanted to be sure I didn't back myself into a corner and start
finding erroneous data sometime down the road as a result of using a
work-around. Good to know you haven't had any problems doing this.
Thanks again.


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Kelsey


"William R Wood" wrote:

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Nothing wrong with your method. I also use zero amounts in Bills myself for
various items just so I see the reminder.
Some months I Skip the zero transaction or sometimes I use Enter into
Register and then enter the exact amount just as you are doing. I have been
doing this for many years and have never seen a problem.

Regards

Bill Wood



"Kelsey G" <KelseyG[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I really like the idea of having the ability to adjust the monthly budgeted
amounts in the Advanced Budget module. However, I still want to be able to
see the scheduled payment on the calendar, or have the option to pay the bill
from the Bills Summary screen. I think I found a way to do this which seems
to work, but I would appreciate your feedback before I go and change all my
budgets. Please feel free to shoot holes in this!

Money will double count the values if you schedule both a payment in Bills
and enter the amount in the Budget. Workaround: Enter category Budget
amounts for each month. Then, for the items I want on the calendar, schedule
a recurring monthly entry in Bills for the same item, except show the amount
as 0, estimate. Now the bill shows up on the calendar, as well as the budget
and cash flow screen with out distorting any numbers. Pay the bill from the
Bills calendar or the Bills Summary page by clicking on the "Enter in
Register" button, but now adjust the 0 amount to the actual amount you are
paying.

Seems to work great, but I want to make sure I'm not really screwing up some
data elsewhere.

Thanks


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Kelsey