Budget Report

[David Carlson]

On 1/18/2015 2:56 AM, Colin Law wrote:
> On 18 January 2015 at 03:09, Murray Field <bigbadmur at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have created a Budget and produced a Budget Report however the actual
>> report seems to not show the correct information when I use the
>> "Difference" Column to show the difference between the Actual Expense and
>> the Budgeted Expense (the Income Categories do show the correct result).
>>
>> Here is what I mean (example) -
>>
>> The *Budget Report* shows the following -
>>
>>                               Budget         Actual     Difference
>> Groceries              $1,325.67 -$708.02 $2,033.69 *(The Actual Figure is
>> shown in Red with a Minus Sign in front)*
> If you go to the accounts tab and look at the Groceries column what is
> the total figure shown?  Is it positive or negative?
> If you then right click on the account and select Edit what is shown
> as the Account Type?
>
> Colin
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It might be even easier to go to the bank or cash (or credit card)
account register that most of your groceries purchases come from and
compare your grocery purchase tranactions to other transactions.  By the
way, are all of your expenses reversed or just a few?

David C