[gnucash] Re: lb -- the little budget tool

[David Frascone]

Does kbudget work with gnucash files?

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 17:44:49 +0100
mvillarino <mvillarino at dubmail.net> wrote:

> O Martes 23 Novembro 2004 08:17, Gabriel M. Beddingfield escribiu:
> > Ladies and Gentlemen:
> >
> > I introduce to you lb, the little budget tool for GnuCash.  It is a
> > command-line utility to help you keep a budget using your GnuCash data.
> >
> > As you all know, GnuCash is an excellent financial package.  You probably
> > also know that it lacks a budgeting tool -- although one is in the works.
> > To get me by until this new feature comes out, I've created a command-line
> > tool to accomplish this task.  In the hopes that it will help other people,
> > I'm releasing it here:  http://www.teuton.org/~gabriel/lb.  License is GPL.
> >
> > The lb utility will take a budget file (CSV format with values for each
> > account) and a cash-flow report (from GnuCash) and compare them
> > side-by-side.  It also calculates the difference for each line item.
> >
> > Hope this helps!
> 
> There is a program called Kbudget that considers budgets the same way as you, 
> but it's integrated into the account concept. I'll explain it: an account has 
> a type (incomes, expenses, assets, etc), a budget balance, and a budget 
> assignment by moth. An account contents zero or more transactions.
> Budget assignment by moth is the quantity you expect to expend by month. Can 
> be modified.
> Budget balance is the sum of the previous budget balance and the difference of 
> real last month real expenses and last month budgeted expenses.
> 
> It's a way to avoid the need to make ad hoc money reserves (provisions).
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David Frascone

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