Money 2001 Budgeting for Quarterly Bills

I've just started using Money '01 to organize my bills
and track a budget. I've set up a number of reoccurring
bills that are paid quarterly (e.g. car insurance). I've
noticed that these bills only show up in the budget for
the month that they are due. I want those quarterly
bills prorated on a monthly basis in the budget to ensure
that there is money available in the month they are due.
How do I do this and preserve the reoccurring bill
feature?

I've tried removing the reoccurring bill and including it
as a monthly expense in the budget. However, when I pay
the bill, Money tells me I'm overbudget - it only expects
me to pay the monthly budgeted amount. How can I get it
to recognize and apply the unspent dollars in the
previous months?

Ryan
Thu Oct 16 09:18:37 CDT 2003

Can you setup the monthly bill as a transfer to an temporary account and
then when you pay the real bill transfer the money from the temporary
account back as a credit?

I haven't done this yet as I am just getting started with Money as well.



scuba2447 wrote:

> I've just started using Money '01 to organize my bills
> and track a budget. I've set up a number of reoccurring
> bills that are paid quarterly (e.g. car insurance). I've
> noticed that these bills only show up in the budget for
> the month that they are due. I want those quarterly
> bills prorated on a monthly basis in the budget to ensure
> that there is money available in the month they are due.
> How do I do this and preserve the reoccurring bill
> feature?
>
> I've tried removing the reoccurring bill and including it
> as a monthly expense in the budget. However, when I pay
> the bill, Money tells me I'm overbudget - it only expects
> me to pay the monthly budgeted amount. How can I get it
> to recognize and apply the unspent dollars in the
> previous months?
>