Help
Accounts
- Each account is a representation of a specific bank account that you have
- i.e. checking account, savings account
- You may create as many accounts as you like
- To create a new account, open the menu and then choose "Add account"
- To view and interact with a different account, open the menu and then choose "Switch account"
Transactions
- A transaction is a record of any time that you spend money
- Any time that you make a purchase you should record it as a transaction
- The tag field is an option for you to give labels to transactions. Add a label and it makes it easier to group and search your transactions later
- Place a space between each tag you want to add to the transaction
- Adding a transaction will automatically update the necessary fields, such as discretionary or balance
- The only required fields for a transaction are date, category and amount
- Location is where you spent your money. It is optional
- A note is any information that you want to add to the transction. It is optional
Income
- An income source is any money that you recieve
- Each income is once a month
- Income does not affect your balance. It only affects your budget, such as discretionary
- If you need to update an income source then delete it and add it again
Bills
- A bill is any money that you pay regularly
- Each bill is once a month
- Bills do not affect your balance. They only affect your budget, such as discretionary
- If you need to update a bill then delete it and add it again
Allowances
- An allowance is money that you set aside for a specific thing
- i.e. Groceries, clothes, entertainment
- Each allowance is once a month
- Allowances do not affect your balance. They only affect your budget, such as discretionary
- An allowance can be defined either by a set dollar amount, or as a percent of your income
- If you need to update an allowance then delete it and add it again
Balance
- This is the amount of money that you have in your account
- Balance is affected only by your transactions
- Your balance is updated automatically when you create new transactions
- Clicking on any transaction will display the details of the account
- Deleting a transaction will automatically update everything (such as balance) as if the transaction had never been added
Discretionary
- Discretionary is the amount of money you have left over in the month after bills and allowances
- Discretionary = income - bills - allowances
- This is meant to be how much money you have to spend in general, on whatever you want
Remaining Discretionary
- Remaining discretionary is your original discretionary for the month minus the sum of all of your transactions that have a discretionary category
- Remaining discretionary is automatically updated when you create a transaction with discretionary for the category
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