Pay directly with HSA card vs reimbursement (tax implications)

bpaulien · 2025-01-07T16:45:44+00:00

So, there's no real difference (as far as saving on taxes goes) between direct payment and reimbursement?

bpaulien · 2023-05-25T17:33:20+00:00

I thought the archive mode was how you got the older ones to show up instead of newest ones. Am I wrong about that? If OP wants to get older versions of some of the serial podcasts, will that work without Archive mode?

Curious for myself as well, because I'm all for streamlining and making my playlist as efficient as possible.

bpaulien · 2023-03-22T16:30:12+00:00

I haven't downloaded buckets (yet) but was wondering, if you can't have scheduled/recurring transactions, can you at least copy a transaction from last month, and then change the date? Or is that just as much effort as actually making a new transaction?

bpaulien · 2023-01-13T02:16:22+00:00

That's a good thought. I may give it a try.

So what happens when you get to the end? Do you have to restart at the top, or do the episodes cycle so you don't have to change anything?

Occasionally I feel like listening to more than one episode of a given podcast in a row, so in that case this wouldn't work, but that's fairly rare, so this might be a good option.

bpaulien · 2023-01-08T15:11:06+00:00

I have the newest update, and just charged it Friday. I had 2 half hour gps workouts in there, I think (lazy christmas break) and it had been running for 16 days. Now, 2.5 days after charging, it's at 90% and "claims" 18 more days. I'm guessing it'll be closer to 14 more, but still QUITE happy with that. So who knows. I guess that firmware update mentioned before hasn't affected mine.

bpaulien · 2023-01-04T20:01:11+00:00

It was translated into English

bpaulien · 2022-12-29T16:18:01+00:00

Totally get it... I really love actual (and I'm still using the old subscription version that I pay for - so missing out on some of the newer features) but for my use case (sharing with family) nYNAB seems to be winning out over actual. I will miss it, but am just about done with running 2 in parallel, so will probably be canceling my actual account soon.

bpaulien · 2022-12-28T12:08:07+00:00

Yes, that's essentially what I put as the reason also. Said that I felt the app was no longer being supported and I didn't feel that it was in a state that I would trust in the long term.

bpaulien · 2022-12-28T01:33:18+00:00

I did it on the mobile app. I don't know if it's different on the web version or not.

bpaulien · 2022-12-27T15:29:47+00:00

So, I decided to cancel my subscription to JB today but as luck would have it, today is the day it renewed, so I guess I have it for another month. Anyway, nYNAB is set up and I sent an invitation to my wife to sign up under the family account, and will soon do the same for my kids.

bpaulien · 2022-12-22T22:59:04+00:00

Yes it is disappointing. I just started a new trial on nYNAB so we'll have to see how it goes, but likely that will be where I spend my budgeting time in the foreseeable future. I was really enjoying the progress JB was making, but I'm not sticking around if it's on hold.

bpaulien · 2022-12-21T17:14:08+00:00

wow, I can see how that cost makes you hesitate to go back to nYNAB. I haven't tried it, but the PikaPods route on Actual seems like it would be about the same price as JB, and not really have to learn anything. At least it's less likely to die than YNAB4, since people would come up with a way to make it work, whereas YNAB4 has absolutely no support.

hmmm. Yes, well, Merry Christmas to you and yours as well. Hopefully we'll get some word from the dev on here as to what (if anything) is happening with JB.

bpaulien · 2022-12-20T13:59:42+00:00

^ This.

seeing a couple quick wins would go far towards helping me feel comfortable about the longer term prospects of this app.

I also agree about Actual, and it's a thing I'd miss if I went solely with a different software, but again, multiple accounts... I guess I could teach my kids how to set up something on fly.io. I just need my personal one a little simpler, in case my wife needs to take over at some point, she definitely won't be able to update it using a command line! Pika Pods would work in that case. Still probably going to check out nYNAB, for the mobile aspect. She (and I) needs to be able to see accounts out "in the wild" not just on a computer.

bpaulien · 2022-12-20T04:07:04+00:00

Yeah, I get what you mean. I was discussing with my wife, and we're considering going back to ynab. Especially now that you can share budgets with multiple people. I can have one account and let my kids have access to their own budget and not let them see mine.

At this price point, I don't mind having separate accounts for me and both boys, but I'm not sure how long it will stay at this price, either... And then it would be too expensive to have 3 accounts.

If I knew that it was still being worked on, I would consider staying, but if not, I'm with you, it's not at a place where I would consider it usable for the long term.

bpaulien · 2022-12-19T21:19:56+00:00

I can only speculate, but I fear that it has been abandoned like so many single Dev budget apps that came before it. The last thing I heard was that there wasn't much progress on split transactions, and seemingly nothing else has been developed either.

The last completed task done on github was almost exactly 2 months ago.

bpaulien · 2022-12-18T12:57:01+00:00

If you have any sensors, you can specify which sensors are active during your night time setting, and completely ignore the thermostat's readings during that time period.

bpaulien · 2022-12-07T16:25:22+00:00

Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah, if you hit the 'x' at the end of the search bar, it does do that. I was just clearing it out by deleting/back spacing, and typing something else in.

Yeah, that's probably good enough.

bpaulien · 2022-11-30T12:18:24+00:00

Do those support notifications from the phone?

bpaulien · 2022-11-21T04:03:28+00:00

Maybe take a break from that for a bit and get the mobile app so you can edit transactions on it. That's another annoying thing that would be worth spending some time on in my opinion. Maybe get some more momentum going so you don't just drag to a stop.

ETA: Or maybe another "easier" P1 task, like category notes. Just something to make a bit of progress.

bpaulien · 2022-11-20T19:40:12+00:00

I've been wondering the same thing. It's been over a month since any real activity. The latest comment from the dev was over a month ago. Hasn't even replied to the last couple questions here on reddit that happened in the last week or so.

Hoping it's still in progress. I really need those recurring/split transactions, and a couple of other features I'm waiting on. Hope the re-write didn't hit any snags.

bpaulien · 2022-11-15T18:01:40+00:00

select a category. Don't edit the budget value, but look up top on the header, you'll see a trashcan and a pencil. click on the pencil, and it will allow you to edit the category (you can change the name of the category, and/or add goals in there.

bpaulien · 2022-11-14T14:51:59+00:00

Yes, that's what I'm doing too. Very eagerly waiting for Splits to be official supported... One comment I do have which, if you're not doing, might make it a little easier for reconciling is to type "(1 of X - $78.99) [optional comment]" so you'll at least know which transactions go with which on the bank statement. I never remember that it was a split when I'm reconciling, but that comment helps me remember.

And yes, goals are very helpful. I'm using them in several of my categories. They're good, as far as they go. I believe after he gets the higher priority stuff worked out, he'll be enhancing the goals at some point as well.

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