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Add recurring bills

What you'll do

A recurring bill is a payment you expect every month: the mortgage, the power company, a streaming service. Give it an amount, a due day and the account it's paid from, and Cash Flow shows which bills are paid, which are still coming and which need a look, and what is left in your cash after them. Bills live on Money out, and related ones can share a group, such as Utilities.

Updated October 2026 · Cashington 0.2.8 · 9 steps · screenshots show an invented household

  1. Open Money out

    Open Money out, under Set up in the menu. Next to Recurring bills, click Add bill.

    The Money out page, Where your money goes, with Recurring bills (13 bills, 13 on autopay, 2 groups), Add a group and an Add bill button.

  2. Describe the bill

    Type the name, the amount and the due day. Pick the account it's paid from and tick Autopay if it pays itself. A group is optional; here it's a new one, Home services. Click Add bill.

    The New recurring bill form with Group set to a new group, Home services, Bill name, Starts in, Amount, Due day, Paid from and Autopay.

  3. Open a bill to change it

    Each bill tile shows its amount, due day, Autopay and the text it matches on your statements. Bills in a group sit under its heading, like Utilities or the new Home services. Click a tile to edit it.

    The Utilities group on Money out with its five bill tiles, Internet highlighted: $75 on the 30th, Autopay, with the statement text it matches; below it the new Home services group with Lawn care.

  4. Edit and save

    Change the group, the amount, the due day, the account it's paid from or Autopay, then click Save. A new amount updates every open month except one whose amount you typed yourself; closed months keep theirs.

    The Recurring bill dialog for Internet with Group, Amount, Due day, Paid from and Autopay fields, and Cancel and Save buttons.

  5. See this month's bills on Cash Flow

    On Cash Flow, Recurring bills lists the month's bills largest first, with its groups folded. A paid bill has a green check and one still to come an empty circle. A group keeps its paid and unpaid bills together, and the line under the list says what is not paid yet.

    Cash Flow's Recurring bills: 13 bills, 10 paid, listed largest first with Mortgage, Rental mortgage and Daycare paid, the Utilities group folded, and Show all 13 bills.

  6. Change the order

    The menu next to the total changes the order. Your order lets you drag bills and groups as you like; Paying account shows each account, folded, with the bills it pays, here Joint Checking with its 10 bills. Click an account to open it. Largest first brings the default back.

    The Recurring bills menu set to Paying account, with Joint Checking (10 bills), Everyday Rewards Card and Travel Card each folded under their own heading.

  7. Link a bill Cashington hasn't seen

    A bill with no matching payment by its due day has a red mark and says Not seen. Click Pick the row to link the payment yourself, or skip the bill for this month.

    The Utilities: Water bill, due the 18th on autopay from Joint Checking, marked Not seen with a Pick the row button.

  8. Choose the accounts that hold your cash

    To see what is left after the bills, open Accounts, click Edit on a checking or savings account and tick Use for cash reserve planning. A credit card has a Paid from box for the account that pays it.

    Edit Household Savings on Accounts, with Use for cash reserve planning ticked and its note that Cash Flow shows the account's cash after the unpaid bills and card balances paid from it.

  9. See what is left

    Back on Cash Flow, Cash after bills and cards lists each of those accounts: its cash, the unpaid bills it pays, the card balances paid from it, what is needed and what is left after the reserve.

    Cash after bills and cards: four accounts with Cash, Unpaid bills, Cards owed, Needed and After reserve, a total, and a Manage in Accounts link.