LESSON 8. Budgets

In this lesson, you learn how to use the Budgets tool to create, edit, and delete budget categories. You learn how using the Budgets tool helps you identify spending habits and how it alerts you when you go over a budget.

Budgeting Made Simple

Having your account transactions properly categorized (see Lesson 7, “Categories”) is a major benefit when it’s time to create a budget with Mint.com. For most people, budget seems to be a bad word, but many Mint.com users insist it’s one of the best features of Mint.com because it allows you to better understand where your money is going month-to-month and year-to-year.

Mint.com allows you to create a personal budget to put into practice. You then use the Budgets tool to accurately track ...

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