[moneydance] Non-uniform reminders

[Jerry Feldman]

On 11/07/2008 08:07 PM, Edward Reid wrote:
> Don't you just love our delightful tax schedule?
>
> You could set it up for every three months starting in March, and then for 
> the March and December reminders, just ignore it for a month. That sort of 
> defeats the purpose of reminders though.
>
> I think I would set up separate reminders in preference to changing the 
> date on a single reminder. I'd forget to change it.
>
> I actually don't count on the MD reminders for income tax payments. Perhaps 
> I should, but I use a different category for each year, since (for example) 
> I pay taxes for 2008 from April 2008 through April 2009, and possibly later 
> if the IRS disagrees with my accountant. As a result, I cannot count on 
> date restrictions to report on what I've already paid for a given year. So 
> if I had annual reminders, I would have to change the category on every 
> use. And I would forget ...
>
> As an experiment, I've just set up "general" reminders for my estimated tax 
> payment. I don't generally use "general" MD reminders. We'll see if it 
> helps. Part of the problem with taxes, though, is that I need to be 
> planning three months in advance, so just being reminded a couple of weeks 
> ahead doesn't help much.
>
>   
Agreed. I normally use EFTS to actually pay my "quarterly" taxes. The 
reminder is just a nice convenience for me in Moneydance.

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