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Re:Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash by Izkata on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:16PM (#23249332)
Takes me about 20 minutes once a month to compare my bank's monthly PDF with my own records, and update anything I missed. One reason not mentioned so far is to identify payments I don't recognize, just in case someone got access to my account or a monthly charge suddenly tripled.

So far nothing big (some things on Amazon change price by a few dollars up or down after putting in the order), but I always wince a little when I see someone not bothering at all.

Re:Simple Personal Finance Tracking with GnuCash by moises_silva on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @05:39PM (#23252141)
Not sure if we're talking about the same thing. I do look (more than once a month probably) to cc statements for unexpected charges. I do not keep track however of how much I spent on categories such as subscriptions, clothing, groceries, take in, dining out, toys and then trying to come up with a budget for each and stick to it. That's more work than 20 min a month.