We've added a new way to add repeating expenses, so we now offer three options for entering the dates and amount applicable for an expense.
1. Yearly expenses: Regular yearly expenses that span multiple years can just be entered with a start and end date and a yearly amount. If the start and end dates are different, but less than a year apart, please annualize the expense. For example, if you are paying $1000/month for only 3 months, enter that as $12,000/year (with start and end dates 3 months apart), or use the new repeated lump sum feature (option 3 below) instead. The yearly amount will be pro-rated in any year for which the expense does not span the full year.
2. Lump sum expense: If the start and end dates entered are the same, enter the actual lump-sum amount payable on that one date.
3. Repeated lump sum expenses: If you want to enter a recurring expense on specific dates, you can select those dates in the "OR enter multiple dates for repeated expenses" input box.
Clicking on that box will activate a date-picker from which you can select multiple dates. We allow up to 50 dates per recurring expense.
You can also type or paste the dates in the box. The dates entered should be in YYYY-MM-DD format, separated by commas (no spaces).
To make that easier with regularly recurring dates, we also show a widget for those recurrences. They can repeat from any date for any frequency by month or year. If that feature is used, click the Generate button to create the dates, then click the widget to "Accept" these dates to be entered. You will still only have one entry for that expense in your list of expenses table, but you will be able to see the multiple dates it applies to by hovering over its start date.
This new feature is meant to be used for non-yearly expenses like buying a car every 5 years, or paying for a sofa on credit for the next 5 months. The amount should be entered as the lump-sum amount on the dates picked. Don't use it for regular yearly expenses. For example don't enter a utility bill you will be paying monthly for several years as a monthly expense, just tell us one annual amount using option 1 instead. Also if you have a yearly expense on one particular date of the year, it's still a yearly expense you can enter with option 1. Remember The TIME MACHINE has mostly the resolution of one year, it pays all its bills from your Wallet account on Dec 31 of the year.
I’ve extensively edited the eBook section on EXPENSES (and the Help) page. There’s more details there.