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7. Budget
7.1 Add
A new budget category is to be created. The user inputs the
category name, the budgeted amount and the budget period,
ie weekly, monthly, or annually. A category number is
assigned that is used by the user when assigning check or
cash transactions to a desired category.
7.2 Edit
An existing budget category may be edited to change any or
all of its attributes, including the cumulative balance for
the selected category. The budget number is used to select
the category to be edited.
7.3 Delete
Budget categories can be deleted; however, there are side
effects. Once a budget category is deleted, it can no
longer be used to search for items in this deleted category.
It is provided to the user for completeness, but should be
used with caution. The deleted budget category number will
not be reused when a new budget category is created.
7.4 Report
The user can elect to display or print one of several budget
reports. The choices are displayed on a light bar menu. A
Single category, all categories, all categories over budget,
and all categories under budget are the choices.
All reports have the same format. This format first
displays the budget category name followed by the budget
period, the budgeted amount, number of transactions, date of
the last transaction, the cumulative balance, and two
calculated budgetary quantities.
The first calculated quantity is the Budgeted amount. It is
the amount that would have been spent from the beginning of
the calendar or fiscal year up to the present date if the
budgeted amount was spent every budget period. Comparing
the Budgeted amount to the Cumulative Balance tells the user
how close the actual expenditures to date are to the
budgeted amount to date. A higher Cumulative Balance
signifies being over budget. A lower Cumulative Balance
indicates an under budget condition.
The Average expenditure is the average amount actually spent
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per budget period. It is determined by dividing the
Cumulative Balance by the number of budget periods that have
elapsed to date. This quantity is the rate at which
expenditures are being made in the budget category.
Comparing the Average expenditure to the Budget Amount
indicates the category performance on a budget period basis.
A higher Average expenditure than the Budget Amount
indicates an over budget situation, except for budget
categories that have annual budget period. These categories
may show a higher Average expenditure than the Budget Amount
and still not be over budget. If expenditures continue at
the present rate, however, this category will be over budget
by the end of the calendar or fiscal year.
Reports for budget categories that are either under budget
or over budget selectively print just the appropriate
category that was selected in the same format as the full
report. These selections are helpful to quickly spot budget
performance problems.
7.5 Cash
If the budget feature is used, there may be times when cash
was used as a payment to some budgeted category. This
screen allows the user to record cash payments to any budget
category. The balance in the checking account is unaffected
by these transactions.
7.6 Quit
Return to the Main Menu Screen