[moneydance] Envelope Budgeting/Category Balances...

[Chuck]

You may not /need/ reports, but they are helpful in creating the budget for next month. With the reports you can compare the original budget that you did going into April to what you actually used during the month and use that info to forecast to some degree your budget for May.

This is why I use a separate spreadsheet for my envelope tracking. I'd love to do it within MD but there is no easy way that I have found without sacrificing some other aspect of MD.
 
Chuck

"It is sometimes a mistake to climb;
it is always a mistake never even to make the attempt"

----- Original Message ----
From: Graham Borland <graham at moonbog.net>
To: General discussion related to Moneydance <moneydance-info at moneydance.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 5:27:30 AM
Subject: Re: [moneydance] Envelope Budgeting/Category Balances...

Precisely. That's why I'm happy to use Income categories for the 
envelopes; it screws up the reports, but you don't *need* reports any 
more. You have your spending planned in advance, and if you need to know 
how much is available you just look at the category balance.






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