https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:24:22 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ynab-and-dependent-care-fsa#post-1167728 Wed, 23 Oct 2013 07:49:20 +0000 Revel 1167728@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsmate: @Mrs. High Heels: Thanks for responding with how you work with these accounts!</p> <p>The more I'm thinking about it the more it seems I should go with @Mrs. High Heels: suggestion because I don't get all the money up front like a health FSA. So I need to know the money is in my checking account when I pay daycare, and the reimbursements are just akin to another paycheck or deferred income. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ynab-and-dependent-care-fsa#post-1166814 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 17:06:23 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1166814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We use our dependent care accounts to cover childcare expenses, so we track childcare as it's own category and budget it accordingly, and whenever we do get our reimbursed check we just log it as income for that month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ynab-and-dependent-care-fsa#post-1166754 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:32:32 +0000 mrsmate 1166754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't use the dependent care fsa, just the health. What we do is record fsa-eligible expenses under medical, but don't budget any money for that category, then record the fsa reimbursements as inflow to medical, so at the end of the month is zeroes out. Not perfect but it's the simplest way we could come up with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/ynab-and-dependent-care-fsa#post-1166337 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:51:40 +0000 Revel 1166337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I know there were some You Need A Budget-ers on here so I thought I might ask this question here.</p> <p>How do you handle dependent care expenses/reimbursement in YNAB? </p> <p>Because the money is only available as it is deducted, not up front like a health care FSA, I wasn't sure if it should be its own account, with deposits from my pay and then transfers to my checking account for reimbursements, or if it made more sense to just record my spending and then record the reimbursements as income. </p> <p>I don't even know if that question made sense, but maybe some of you are in the same boat. I'll start putting money into my dependent care account at the first of the year. </p>