budget accounts

YNAB Transfers and categorizing savings

I received an email this weekend asking a very common question about handling transfers in YNAB. The question is so common, I decided to post my response publicly. Perhaps others will find it helpful. What is the reason to not categorize transfers? We want to transfer money to savings accounts and track balances through YNAB…what are we missing? My Answer: It all comes down two things: money is fungibleit’s the Category balances, not the Account balances, that determine the purpose … [Read more...] about YNAB Transfers and categorizing savings

Decoding YNAB’s Account Type options

How about a little decoding fun? One of the first tasks you’ll tackle when setting up your YNAB4 budget is setting up your Accounts. The first couple of Accounts everyone enters are usually very basic and relatively self-explanatory: checking, savings, credit cards, cash. We’re all familiar with these types of accounts and matching our physical accounts with YNAB’s account types is fairly straightforward. But what happens when we have an account that isn’t so straightforward? … [Read more...] about Decoding YNAB’s Account Type options

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