Repeated budget values

[prl]

I have wondered about this, too. I looked at trying to do a budget for 
family income/expenses in GnuCash, nad I was surprised and disappointed 
when I couldn't find a way to automatically include scheduled expenses 
(especially ones set up as fixed amounts).

I also found the Budget layout cumbersome.

I ended up using a simple spreadsheet to do the job for our main 
transaction account, and I do the estimate/refinement process that 
Joushua wants for variable bills in the spreadsheet. The spreadsheet has 
simple date/reason/income/expense/balance columns, a sheet per month, 
with a carried forward and an actual for the beginning of each month. 
When I get my account statement, I switch the base value for the month's 
budget from the carried forward entry to the actual entry. This still 
doesn't fill scheduled payments automatically, though, but I find the 
per-transaction view easier to use than the Budget sheet's 
per-period/per account view.

Joshua, I can email you a copy of the spreadsheet if you like (with my 
personal information removed, of course).

Peter

On 3/01/12 9:34, Joshua Christopher wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I was wondering if I could get some clarification on this thread:
> http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/Entering-Budget-Values-td2538253.html
>
> How can scheduled transactions be included in your budgeted amount? It
> seems that scheduled transactions can only be used to automatically
> add to your ledger (or with some feedback, like in variable expenses
> such as water bills). I like the default budgeting I would just like
> to have a set amount per category every single month until I decide to
> adjust that amount and it is a hassle having to enter it manually
> every month.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Joshua
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