I was wondering if it would be possible to change the “left to pay” dates in the Bills pot? Or to have an additional “total to pay next month” or something along those lines. Because I have bills that go out on the 1st, I never get to see the total amount required each month, and I either have to guess or add it all up myself. This would be really useful so I can put the exact amount required in each month.
Thanks everyone! Changing the budgeting period has mostly solved the problem. It would be nice to be able to look an extra month forward as well, for when the less regular payments need to go out and I need to plan a bit more in advance!
I pay my electric bill quarterly (no clue why but too lazy to change it!), and so I have that direct debit paid from a pot, and have a monthly transfer of a third of the expected cost into that pot every month. This way it gets accounted for in the budget, and the costs are spread out rather than occasional lump sums.
I’ve just had to stay up past midnight in order to get the amount to pay into the pot as it wouldn’t tell me last month (yesterday). I wanted to do it before many of my direct debits go out on the 1st (today).