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How do you tackle shared expenses? I live in a student housing with a roommate and sometimes we buy stuff for the house ... how would I manage this?


You can split expenses with YNAB. So you can either use one ore more categories called 'House expenses' & 'Money Owed' and split the expenses between those as you require (50/50, 70/30 or otherwise).

Personally though I've not seen it recommended by others, I categories the full expense to the category. And then when I get income from my housemate or who ever, I categories that income against the same expense category which leaves me the net and true out of pocket expense that I incurred.


Split it in half if it can be quantised. If not then read game theory on watch some lectures on it. Game theory has a topic where the splitting in such cases is discussed.


Only on HN would Game Theory be quoted as a viable method for splitting expenses with a house mate in a budgeting app. :D




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