Income and Fills

Hi, I’m sorry if this is somewhere else and I have missed it - I did search first!

I’m new to Goodbudget, and loving it - with one thing still confusing me a little. We operate fortnightly as that’s when we are paid. We have 4 income streams, both our jobs plus rent from two homes we rent out. One of those rent amounts is paid monthly.

So I have a fortnightly ‘fill’ for all envelopes, having taken our total income as a fortnightly amount and divided it among the envelopes. BUT when my income comes in, if I flag it as income, it doubles my available money, as it counts it on top of the regular ‘fill’ amount. How can I record my income against the fortnightly fill? At the moment I’m just ignoring income when I upload my csv files. (I’m in Australia, so can’t link to the bank)

What am I missing please?

Hi there – Sorry for the confusion! It sounds like you’re using your Income to fill into your Envelopes every fortnight.

In that case, you won’t need to add your Income to your Available separately. Otherwise, that will double things up, and inflate your Account balance.

Hope that helps!
Karisa