> For monitoring purposes, I use the Budget Report to do exactly that. You > can set it up to see a period before and after your current account period > (mine being set at a quarter), which will show your carryover.
I was hoping to get clarification on what exactly you meant by "carryover". As an example, say I have a budget for each quarter and the budget has a monthly budget period. Then I budget for two expense accounts - one for food of $100 and one for rent of $200. Say that in Jan, the actual food spending was $30 under (i.e. I spent $70), and the actual rent spending was $25 under (i.e. I spent $175). Then, for Feb, I spent exactly $100 on food and exactly $200 on rent, and I did the same in March. When I create my new budget for the next quarter, is there a way to show in the new budget that I have $55 in excess left over from my under-spending in Jan? Thanks, Patrick On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 5:24 PM Patrick <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, thanks. Yes, I'd always appreciated that about top-posting - not > having to scroll to the bottom. I'd just recalled in the past having used > mailing lists that didn't allow it. > > Thanks, > Patrick > > >Personal preference. > > > >For example, depending on the nature of the conversation, (like for > multiple points/questions to discuss) I’ll use in-line, but I usually use > top posting, as in this case. > > > >While I see it occasionally, bottom-posting is the least used in these > parts as it means you have to scroll to read the reply. > > > >Regards, > >Adrien > > > >> On Jan 11, 2019, at 11:08 AM, Patrick <plafratt at gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Andre, > >> > >> Thanks for the advice. This definitely gives me some possible > alternatives > >> to consider. > >> > >> I am not able to find a page that gives the etiquette rules for this > >> mailing list. Is top-posting preferred on this list? I noticed that some > >> people do and some don't. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Patrick > >> > >> On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 6:24 AM Andre Powell <apowell656 at gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >>> Patrick, > >>> The method that I use for budgeting is well "old-fashioned". My salary > is > >>> paid every fifteen days and my wife once a month, hence the two-week > setup, > >>> and the quarterly view because in my prior career we managed our P&Ls > >>> monthly but with quarterly plans so mentally I am kind of used to that > way > >>> of thinking (or maybe I don't want to scroll so much). > >>> > >>> When income comes in is when I actually use the budget to plan where > the > >>> money is going to go (a mixture of Dave Ramsey and YNAB). I use the > >>> Bills/Invoice feature to keep track of the bills that need to be paid, > but > >>> they don't get paid until they are planned for. > >>> > >>> For monitoring purposes, I use the Budget Report to do exactly that. > You > >>> can set it up to see a period before and after your current account > period > >>> (mine being set at a quarter), which will show your carryover. I am > always > >>> striving for a balanced budget (move/spend less money to make sure > that the > >>> budget is balanced. But in theory, you could create a second report > with a > >>> longer view (perhaps yearly) to see your overall progress with the > period > >>> before. > >>> > >>> I hope this helps. > >>> > >>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 10:30 AM Patrick <plafratt at gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> Andre, > >>>> > >>>> Thank you for the response. For each two-week period within the > quarter, > >>>> did you just have to copy the budget entries from each column to the > next? > >>>> That is what I would like to avoid, if possible. > >>>> > >>>> I would like to use one budget so that it is easy to see carryover > from > >>>> one budget period to the next. If I create a new budget for each > quarter, I > >>>> don't know of a way to get cumulative surplus/deficit for each budget > >>>> category from the previous quarter. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Patrick > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 4:15 AM Andre Powell <apowell656 at gmail.com > > > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Patrick, > >>>>> I made a template and under the Budget menu just make a > duplicate/copy > >>>>> as needed (my accounting period is quarterly and the budgets are > every two > >>>>> weeks). > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> On Wed, Jan 9, 2019, 10:34 PM Patrick <plafratt at gmail.com wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hello, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I recently started using GnuCash. Is there a way to copy one month's > >>>>>> budget > >>>>>> to the next month? I have a budget with a large number of entries, > and > >>>>>> copying each entry individually is somewhat cumbersome. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Any help is appeciated. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>> Patrick > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> gnucash-user mailing list > >>>>>> gnucash-user at gnucash.org > >>>>>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >>>>>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >>>>>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >>>>>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >>>>>> ----- > >>>>>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >>>>>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Andre > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user at gnucash.org > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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