Rollover budget
Juliet
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Need Rollover budget option
Muthubatcha Purushothaman
Love Rocket money so far. Need Rollover budgeting for sure. Mint (a free app) had this option and not sure why it’s not there in Rocket Money. This is important for us to track any budget items that varies seasonally
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Jeff stump
I want to stay with the app but I need the roll over option for next months budget I have bills coming out on the first
Juliet
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Rollover Funds Essential
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Meredith McDaniel
I need to be able to create budgets ahead of time. I also need to have a rollover feature that allows funds, whether positive or negative amounts, to be rolled into the next month.
Melissa Temme
We definitely need rollover budgeting. Even simple things rollover such as a gift budget. Some months you have no need to give a gift and some months you need to give 5 gifts! It’s nice to know how much is there over time. Besides, our water bill is only quarterly. We are new to Rocket but I’m wondering how I’m going to reconcile a bill 3x’s our monthly budgeted amount if Rocket doesn’t allow rollovers.
Melissa Temme
Just to add - like others - this is a feature so integral to many of our line items that we won’t be able to use Rocket without great frustration and will end up cancelling. I haven’t seen any response from Rocket either that indicates there is recognition that this issue is widely desired and practical, nor any explanation as to why it isn’t offered. At the very least, have someone put together suggested work arounds to communicate to your users who request the function so we can decide if the value Rocket does provide is worth the hassle of what it doesn’t.
Melissa Temme
Not to be obnoxious about this but it occurred to me that perhaps I could use the goals feature for anything that might have a rollover. It seemed a slightly annoying work around but possible since we like so much else about Rocket. And then I discovered that rocket actually stores your month from your bank account into their own savings account. So then I used the contact us option and asked their AI tool for any ideas on how to manage quarterly budgets or variable line items. The options were either manually keeping notes and adjusting each month or try using goals. It occurred to me that there isn’t really any incentive for Rocket Money to add a rollover feature if the only automated alternative has its own financial incentive for the company. I’m sure they gain some kind of interest or financial kick back from the savings accounts used for goals. Hopefully I’m wrong, but if this is remotely the reason why they haven’t added such a normal feature to an otherwise very robust tool, then I’m doubly disappointed and definitely inclined to cancel.
Juliet
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Rollover budget
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Kevin
Some budget categories need to roll over. This is required to manage any budget. I do like the service but will look for other providers if this isn’t an option soon.
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Leah
Please add rollover budgeting! Monarch has this feature and is definitely a reason I’m considering switching. They also have non- monthly payment options.
Matt
This is the one think I LOVED about Mint. Honestly, I seems like a simple enough feature that other budgetting apps have. Would be a game changer to have as a feature.
Basically, if you have unspent budget from a line item one month, roll it over to next month. And the same with an overspend.
Juliet
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Budget rollover
Danae Troupe
Budget rollover is an essential feature for many budget planners. Not all expenses occur on a monthly basis and I know many users would benefit greatly from having this as an option on a category by category basis. We could also set perhaps the amount of months before it expires.
Reddit thread of Rocket Money losing customers over the lack of this feature: https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/1ck4g97/does_rocket_money_have_a_budget_category_rollover
I'm sure that other people have also suggested in the past. I would be happy to provide more information of what I am seeking from this feature if necessary. I have used Rocket Money for many years and this is my biggest pain point. If another app competitive app came out that did have this feature, it is important enough for me to make the switch.
Also, right now, all categories are annual. This feature could also allow us to set "terms". Perhaps, we could set an annual budget.
Kristin Callaway-Kelly
Yes this really must happen without this the budget is essentially useless. PLEASE consider applying a created budget to past and future months.
Juliet
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Budget categories that rollover money unspent
Lindsay Dukes
I would like to be able to set a budget category at a certain amount, say $100. Whatever was not spent in that category for that month, say $25, will roll over to the next category. So the next month, the budgeted amount for that category would be $125.
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