Adding income in FamSpend is light: 4 required fields, the rest optional. Income lives in the Income section of the menu — reachable both from the sidebar and from the + Add button at the top.
Required fields
Title
A name you recognise. Examples: "Marco's salary", "Garage rent", "Quarterly bonus", "Bike sale". Keep naming consistent across months (e.g. always "Marco's salary", not "Marco salary" / "M.salary") — it makes reports simpler.
Amount
In euros, integer or with decimals. If you already know the exact figure, write it. If you don't (e.g. a year-end bonus, a variable commission, a new tenant's rent still being negotiated) leave it as amount to be defined and optionally add an estimate.
When the expected date arrives (and the days that follow), the unconfirmed income shows up on the Home under "To confirm" so you close it with one click by entering the amount you actually received.
Date
When the income is (or will be) received. For a salary that's payday; for rent earned, the day the wire arrives.
Recurrence (optional)
If the income repeats (salary, pension, rent): pick the frequency:
- Monthly — salary, pension, rent
- Bi-monthly — some less frequent payments
- Yearly — annual bonuses, year-end premiums, awards
- Custom — every N months, until an end date
FamSpend creates future occurrences automatically. Edit any single occurrence when it changes (e.g. December bonus).
Optional fields
Person
If the workspace has multiple members (partner, flatmate, kids with accounts), assigning income to whoever receives it lets you filter "how much Marco is earning this year". Leave it empty if the income is "the family's" without a specific owner (e.g. a shared refund).
Cost Center
Useful when income ties to a specific area:
- Rent earned on the Home Milano garage → Cost Center "Home Milano" (income reduces the net cost of the area in reports)
- A property sale → same cost center as the property
- Salaries and personal income → usually no cost center (they belong to the individual, not an area)
Notes
For any contextual reminder: payment reference number, wire date, document ID. Notes aren't visible in filters but live on the income entry.
What happens next
The income appears:
- In the monthly Calendar, with a green icon, on the chosen day
- In the monthly Report, summed into the month's income total
- In the Person detail (if assigned), under "Income"
- In the Cost Center detail (if assigned), as "Attributed income"
Editing an income
Click the row → the same modal opens with fields pre-filled. Edit what you need and save. If the income is recurring, FamSpend asks whether to apply the change to this occurrence only, to this and all future ones, or to the whole series (past included).