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...of things. Personal Finance Nerd? Right This Way … So, you want to try out tracking accounts? We’ve got two flavors: Asset accounts: Asset accounts include, well, assets! It’s for...
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...to it, many times people are using accounts to budget. “The money in this account is for XYZ.” Why are we so hyper focused on accounts? Because if you do...
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...various individual retirement accounts. We have one joint savings account for travel. We have two joint savings/investment accounts for our kids’ college funds. Side note: We can access each other’s...
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...Jamie’s personal savings and checking accounts Jordan’s personal savings and checking accounts Shared savings and checking accounts for the household They’ve got three budgets set up in YNAB: Jamie’s, Jordan’s...
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...certainly use YNAB to track your Accounts Receivable. Accounts Receivable, for those of you that didn’t spend your early 20’s sitting in accounting classes, is just a fancy way of...
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...Accounts? Before you go, you may be wondering about joint accounts (we get this question a lot), and here’s the thing, we are notorious for saying that no one can...
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...do it: 1 budget 3 checking accounts* (Mine, Theirs, Shared) 3 category groups (Mine, Theirs, Shared) *I say ‘3 checking accounts’ for simplicity, but it’s more accurate to say three...
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...more accounts (which, of course, comes with more fees to pad their accounts).  But there’s a better way.  Trust Your Budget and Close Some Accounts Your budget can provide the...
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...the accounts selection dropdown, you can toggle individual accounts on and off or select “Budget Accounts” or “Tracking Accounts.” Easily view all accounts by checking “Select All,” or start with...
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...isn’t (the account register). The View From Your Bank Accounts Your bank accounts have no idea what your dollars need to do. They can only tell you how many dollars...
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