# Debt Planner Payment Categorization Question

**URL:** <https://community.tiller.com/t/debt-planner-payment-categorization-question/17602>\
**Category:** Google Sheets\
**Tags:** tcs-debt\
**Created:** [April 23, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/debt-planner-payment-categorization-question/17602 "2023-04-23T13:35:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![esixx17](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/esixx17/32/11613_2.png) [@esixx17](https://community.tiller.com/u/esixx17)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2023, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/debt-planner-payment-categorization-question/17602/1 "2023-04-23T13:35:45Z")

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Why doesn’t the debt planner recognize when the the account is paid? Half the accounts are not populating the current month actuals. I have the description, tag, and category identical to the account name and the transactions are still not transferring to the debt planner sheet. What column is this supposed to read from?

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**Author:** ![yossiea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/yossiea/32/4643_2.png) [@yossiea](https://community.tiller.com/u/yossiea)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 1:02am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/debt-planner-payment-categorization-question/17602/2 "2023-04-24T01:02:33Z")

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IIRC, the debt planner trips when money gets put into the account, not when you pay it (from another account).  
What I do is have two categories, one for the bill, so for example Chase CC, then I have another one called Debt Payment Received.  
When I pay the bill, it’s Chase CC and when it is received, it’s DPR.

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**Author:** ![randy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/randy/32/16_2.png) [@randy](https://community.tiller.com/u/randy)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/debt-planner-payment-categorization-question/17602/3 "2023-04-24T21:04:04Z")

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There is some [more help here in the documentation](https://community.tiller.com/t/docs-debt-planner-sheet/6100#categorizing-payment-transactions-17), @esixx17. Let us know if you still have questions.

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**Author:** ![esixx17](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/esixx17/32/11613_2.png) [@esixx17](https://community.tiller.com/u/esixx17)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/debt-planner-payment-categorization-question/17602/4 "2023-04-26T01:49:45Z")

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thank you this is working now!!!

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**Author:** ![heather](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.tiller.com/heather/32/177_2.png) [@heather](https://community.tiller.com/u/heather)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.tiller.com/t/debt-planner-payment-categorization-question/17602/5 "2024-02-15T19:16:12Z")

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