# Regular Income (not payday)

**URL:** <https://community.emma-app.com/t/regular-income-not-payday/3122>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [October 26, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/regular-income-not-payday/3122 "2020-10-26T09:42:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![andylong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@andylong](https://community.emma-app.com/u/andylong)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 9:42am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/regular-income-not-payday/3122/1 "2020-10-26T09:42:24Z")

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Hi,

I receive a few regular payments in addition to my salary (Child Benefit for example). My budget is based on my next payday and says X left until 7th, however I do have other regular payments due before this. I can’t seem to find a way to add these so that the app knows I will receive more money before my next payday and factor this into the budget.

Am I missing something obvious?

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**Author:** ![rebekah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/rebekah/32/1091_2.png) [@rebekah](https://community.emma-app.com/u/rebekah)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/regular-income-not-payday/3122/2 "2020-10-26T11:00:34Z")

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Hey @andylong 👋

Welcome to the Emma Community 🐻

Would it help if you changed your budget from payday to monthly instead?

> **[Difference between monthly and payday budgeting](https://help.emma-app.com/en/article/difference-between-monthly-and-payday-budgeting-1s1ddz5/)**
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> Stuck on this screen?

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**Author:** ![edoardomoreni](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.emma-app.com/edoardomoreni/32/9_2.png) [@edoardomoreni](https://community.emma-app.com/u/edoardomoreni)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2020, 3:07pm UTC](https://community.emma-app.com/t/regular-income-not-payday/3122/3 "2020-10-26T15:07:58Z")

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> [@rebekah](#):
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> Would it help if you changed your budget from payday to monthly instead?

This is the way to go. You can factor everything in with total budget. 😉