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Questions tagged [expense-tracking]

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How to manage monthly salary

I am a 22-y/o guy starting my first job. I am interested to know how I should manage my monthly expenses. Keeping in mind that I need to pay for my rented apartment, food, water, etc., save money for future and medical expenses, etc., how do I…
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Is the company asking me to commit fraud by asking me to apply for reimbursement of half of trip expenses paid entirely by my colleague?

Recently, I traveled on company business with a colleague. To save money, we agreed to share a hotel room. My colleague booked and paid for the accommodation in its entirety. I paid nothing for the room, or the rental car that they also booked. Now…
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Professionals who provide the same services as Mint; i.e. personal expense tracking & analysis?

Not long ago I went to a financial advisor/money manager for a discussion of all (I mean all) my finances and was needing some analytics in the short term to decide what smart actions to take for the long term. We talked right past one another…
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Can't get started with budgeting -- no discipline! Any ideas on getting out of this rut?

I have had very little success with managing money. I have gone bankrupt once ($50K in credit card debt) and since then I no longer have credit cards (just a debit card) but my spending is still totally undisciplined. On a good month, I simply…
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How does the envelope budgeting system work?

I have seen a little bit about the "Envelope System" for spending, and while I think I have the rough idea of it, how does it work in detail. I know there is http://www.mvelopes.com/, but this site will neither tell me how it works nor explain how…
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How do I efficiently add credit card expenses to my monthly budget?

I use a credit card for most of my purchases as I get to keep money in my account for a longer duration and that earns me extra interest. But I have been having a little difficulty to include the expenditure in my monthly budget as the billing cycle…
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What tool would you recommend to keep track of incomes and expenses?

Part of New Year's resolutions is to keep better track of where my money is going. I have a regular day job and I also do some freelancing work online , which is not related to my regular job. In my online job, I regularly take payments from several…
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Checking/Savings accounts that have sub-accounts

I like to use the envelope system for budgeting, but I can't escape the convenience of debit cards, so a few months ago I set up 5 debit cards, one for my primary account, food, gasoline, household items and personal entertainment. That way I can…
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What is the role of expense tracking in the long term?

Exactly as the title says: what is the role of expense tracking in the long term? I can understand expense tracking being very beneficial in the short term if you've recently changed your lifestyle or are going through any sort of financial…
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How can I show more detail in GnuCash Reports?

I recently started using GnuCash as a tool for tracking my expenses. It has lovely built in reports on expense, but it seems to limit the categories/accounts displayed to a fairly low number (I think 8 for the bar chart, and 6 for the pie chart)…
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How to quickly track daily cash expenses that don't come with a receipt?

I'm an Italian student, and I'm trying to keep track of all my daily expenses, as well as my income. My biggest problem is logistical: I've no problem analyzing my expenses once I collect the data, but I'm utterly unable to get it all! The little…
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Foreign priced expenses - actual card charge amount is OK?

For the IRS in the US ... Say you are overseas in Japan and you have a legitimate business cost of 11,123 Yen. You correctly keep the receipt, Yen11123. How to convert to USD when making it a deduction ... say you used your visa card, and (as shown…
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How can I track TreasuryDirect savings bonds with Mint?

I have a pair of Series I Savings Bonds with TreasuryDirect. Is it possible to track their value using Mint? If so, what's the simplest way to do it?
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Multi-Account Budgeting Tools/Accounts/Services

Every time I get paid, I take some of the money and allocate it for certain uses. I track this in a spreadsheet. This works fine, but it's not what I want in the end. Basically, I think what I want is the "envelope system" (cash in envelopes) but…
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Gnucash: How to track similar expenses in two currencies appropriately?

Suppose that someone spends most of their life in one country with currency X, and a few years in another country where they have currency Y. Let's suppose also that the person earns a similar income and has similar types of expenses in both…
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