I used to use Quicken's budgeting features, but found it buggy and it would
mislead me... so I moved the budget to a spreadsheet. I then run reports in
GnuCash to look at my expenditures and compare them to the spreadsheet.
I'm doing a fixed amount per month because it is easier... but a better
How do people do their budgeting? Budgets need planning, reporting, and
revising based on actual transactions. GnuCash reports of past transactions
can help budget and a cashbook is best positioned for reporting budget
compared to year-to-date amounts.
A monthly budget simply dividing annual
