Creating a Budget

[Wm]

Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:05:47 
<CAPjFO=VHQCjkOnfpEO1gGRJTPYNU5yprawBMO0Y_Q4TPj9e7ZA at mail.gmail.com> 
Wes Metz <wes704 at gmail.com>

>Hello, in GnuCash 2.6.5, using the budget tool, is there a way to budget
>the same amount in each month at one time. For example, can a level payment
>for electricity be entered in all 12 months

no

> or must it be done one month at
>a time? The same applies for insurance payments, cable bills, rent, etc.

yes

those are the short answers.

you can also use previous periods to populate a budget

>Thanks for any ideas, Wes

if you know you'll be paying 10 for electricity, 20 for insurance, 30 
for cable and 40 for rent per month / week / quarter use scheduled 
transactions to create them for you.  it saves you entering them when 
the time comes and you can do realistic cash flow forecasting.

why mess about with budgets when the expenditures are known?

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Wm...