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Safe to Spend and Surplus Setup

Build your monthly plan, see what’s safe to spend and track how the month is going.

5 articles
Visual guide · 9 min read

How to set up your surplus

Work through the planner, including tagging shared accounts, coverage and Shared Pool.

Visual guide · 4 min read

How to track your month with Safe to spend

Read the line, the rows behind it and the month-end forecast to see what's left to spend.

Visual guide · 2 min read

Use spending targets and levers

Set a spending cap and compare actual spending with its monthly target and pace.

Visual guide · 3 min read

Review bills

Check bills due, fix a bill's frequency or type and stop or restart a bill.

Visual guide · 4 min read

Review inflows and outflows

Answer the payments Surplus asks about so income, savings and spending count correctly.