Sorry, I don't understand how the "Best Answer" is the best answer... I have the same question "How do I track two paychecks in Quicken Online?". But to be more specific...
Paychecks
"Bob": bi-monthly on 15 and end of month
"Jake": bi-monthly on 5 and 20th of month
So it's actually like scheduling 4 paychecks, I guess...
When I looked at the chart (a little button found on the "Home" tab on lower-right side of main eye-catcher box), it put Jake's nicely on for the 5th. BUT, it also put his on for the 15th instead of Bob's. It would be okay if they're paychecks were close to equal, but there's a fairly sizeable difference it pay which could throw off the whole "outlook" chart.
Hmm, I wonder. If I create a new category "Paycheck2" and recategorize all of Bob's as "Paycheck2", will it work properly?
I have only one paycheck every 2 weeks. So, if I am getting paid next week, and then again in 3 weeks, both should show up on the Upcoming Transactions section ahead of the bills due in 3.5 weeks.
I have a similar problem- have posted a topic but no replies yet- maybe better here:
*** I have income from several sources that occurs at various times during the month. If I designate one as "paycheck," the chart is accurate, but the "What's Left" only looks at the "paycheck," excludes the other income, and tells me I have a high risk of overdraft, which I don't. If I call *all* the income amounts "paychecks," I get very short chart periods that are not very helpful in looking ahead.
I think the chart should look ahead for fixed periods, say one or two months at a time, irrespective of the paycheck periods.
If there is a way around my problem, does anyone know it? Surely others must have it. Or is this just another of the many problems with this product?
*** It seems stupid to have to call all of these items "paychecks." But even then, the "chart" consists of "inter-paycheck" intervals, some very short, so you can only look ahead a few days in some cases, not very useful.
I think if you do repeating income transactions you do not have to call them "paychecks". I get one everyday so I made one for each day of the week and repeated each weekly.
I'm having the same problem that you are. This program doesn't seem to handle multiple sources of income well. If you figure it out (or get an answer), I'd really like to know. As for right now, I have to simply ignore the forecast on the HOME page when I log in. It's always wrong.
I have the same complaint. The forecast is always wrong, because apparently nobody was intelligent enough to figure that lots of people have multiple paychecks from multiple sources. E.g., a HOUSEHOLD.
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