How to Put Your Paydays and Bills on Google Calendar
Most late fees don't happen because there wasn't money. They happen because nobody remembered the date.
A calendar fixes that, as long as it's the calendar you already look at. For most people that's the one on their phone.
What ends up on the calendar
When you turn on Calendar Sync in IncomeSync, three kinds of events show up:
- Paydays, with the gross pay and the take-home pay, and whose paycheck it is.
- Bills, on their due dates, with the amount.
- Debt payments, on their due dates, with the payment.
Each event says who it belongs to, so a shared calendar still reads clearly: "Sam's paycheck" and "Car insurance (Jordan)" sit side by side.
Setting it up
- In IncomeSync, open Settings → Calendar Sync.
- Click Connect Google Calendar and sign in to Google in your browser.
- IncomeSync makes a calendar just for your household, named after it (for example "The Carter Household - IncomeSync"), and fills it in.
It's a separate calendar, so it never mixes with your own events. You can hide it, recolor it or share it in Google Calendar like any other.
More than one calendar at a time
Two people paying the bills? Connect both Google accounts. Click Connect Another Account and sign in with the second one.
Each account gets its own IncomeSync calendar with the whole household's paydays and bills, so you both see the same dates on your own phones, without sharing a login.
It keeps itself up to date
You don't have to press anything after setup. When you add a bill, change a due date, get a raise or log a pay stub, IncomeSync updates just the events that changed, a few seconds later. If your computer is offline, it tries again later.
The Sync to Calendar button is there if you want to check everything right away.
A reminder the day before
In Settings → Notifications you can choose which events get a reminder the day before: bills and debt payments, paydays, or both. Google Calendar sends the reminder, so it reaches your phone even when IncomeSync is closed.
Where your information goes
Events go straight from your computer to your own Google account. They don't pass through IncomeSync's servers.
They do include amounts, so anyone you share that calendar with will see them. Share it with the people in your household, not the whole family group chat.
Turning it off
In Calendar Sync, click Remove next to an account. IncomeSync asks whether to delete that account's IncomeSync calendar too.
If you delete the calendar in Google Calendar yourself, its events go with it. Nothing in IncomeSync changes, and Sync to Calendar makes it again whenever you want it back.
Try it
Calendar Sync is included in every IncomeSync plan. Get IncomeSync and connect your calendar in a couple of minutes.