Enter Account Budget Amounts
Before you can
perform this task
There are several ways to add budget
amounts to your expense and revenue accounts:
Enter unique budget amounts for
each period
- Open the revenue
or expense account and click on the Budget
tab.
- Select Budget
this account.
- Type the budget
amount in any displayed periods that require an amount. The Total
budgeted amount box updates as you add amounts.
- Click Save
and Close.
Enter equal budget amounts across
all periods
- Open the revenue
or expense account and click on the Budget
tab.
- Select Budget
this account.
- Type the Total budgeted amount and click Allocate
to period.
- Click Save
and Close.
Enter unique budget amounts for
each period and department
(Premium)
- Open the revenue
or expense account and click on the Budget
tab.
- Select Budget
this account.
- Type the Budget Amount in any displayed periods as your
budget requires.
- Under each period
with a Budgeted Amount, type an amount to
allocate to departments as your budget requires.
Notes:
To distribute each period's Budget
Amount equally across all departments, click Allocate
to departments.
A period's departmental allocation total does not have
to equal the total Budget Amount for a period.
Some of your budget may not be allocated to a specific department.
- Click Save
and Close.
Enter equal budget amounts across
all periods and departments
(Premium)
- Open the revenue
or expense account and click on the Budget
tab.
- Select Budget
this account.
- Type the Total budgeted amount and click Allocate
to period to distribute the total evenly across all periods.
- Click Allocate
to department to distribute each period's Budget
Amount evenly across all departments.
Notes:
You can control the amount distributed to each department
by manually typing their period amounts.
A period's departmental allocation total does not have
to equal the total Budget Amount for a period.
Some of your budget may not be allocated to a specific department.
- Click Save
and Close.