Monarch Money Sinking Funds

In this video I share how to use sinking funds within Monarch Money.
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[@TheBabypod]

Hi. My wife and I are retired and just started MM about 2 months ago. Thank you very much for these videos. However, I'm still confused on your explanation on Sinking Funds. We save monthly to pay Estimated Income Taxes each quarter, Property Taxes every 6 months, and save for Vacation each month. Those would be our three monthly Sinking Fund categories - Income Taxes, Property Taxes, and Vacation. So, when we transfer TO SAVINGS FROM CHECKING is that catgorized as...TRANSFER? And, when we transfer back TO CHECKING FROM SAVINGS is that also a TRANSFER? And when the actual transaction appears from our payment we make...is that categorized as an EXPENSE? Additionally, do I understand correctly that, unfortuntely, these transfers will not be reflected in our BUDGET and therefore our budget will think we still have extra money to put somewhere? Thank you so much for your help.

[@YTZack408]

Thanks for the video. Do you tag the sinking fund transfers in monarch money as “Transfers”?

[@BrittanyFlammer]

There are a couple of ways to handle this. I actually categorize them as an expense, but you could keep them as a transfer if you wanted.

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[@bigchaloopa]

Hi. So is the money put into the Sinking fund monthly considered a Monthly Expense? The reason I ask is because I trying to determine my monthly average spend. Thanks.

[@BrittanyFlammer]

Yes - if you do it the way I have it here, it would be considered an expense. This would mean your savings rate on the cash flow is not accurate. You could put it in your goals section so your savings rate is more accurate. I personally prefer it to be considered an expense, so it's more accurate of how much money I actually have left to spend, but it's totally a personal preference.

[@bigchaloopa]

@@BrittanyFlammer Hi. Thanks. So I will count monthly transfer to my sinking fund as an expense but, when I actually spend these funds on annual payments or subscription, I would Mark them as transfers to avoid duplicate expense transactions. Correct?

[@BrittanyFlammer]

@@bigchaloopa Sorry - I didn't see this reply until now. If you're creating a sinking fund I would turn the rollover feature on. When you actually transfer money from your checking into your sinking fund I would hide that transaction (or count it as a transfer). Then, when you actually spend money from the fund you can categorize it from that category. Does that make sense?

[@TheBabypod]

@@BrittanyFlammer Hi. My wife and I are retired and just started MM about 2 months ago. Thank you very much for these videos. However, I'm still confused on your explanation on Sinking Funds. We save monthly to pay Estimated Income Taxes each quarter, Property Taxes every 6 months, and save for Vacation each month. Those would be our three monthly Sinking Fund categories - Income Taxes, Property Taxes, and Vacation. So, when we transfer TO SAVINGS FROM CHECKING is that catgorized as...TRANSFER? And, when we transfer back TO CHECKING FROM SAVINGS is that also a Transfer? And when the actual transaction appears from our payment we maken...is that EXPENSES?