GnuCash Budget-related question

[Mike Evans]

On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 09:16:54 -0500
Mike or Penny Novack <mpnovack at mtdata.com> wrote:

> On 1/8/2016 7:35 AM, David T. wrote:
> > Michael,
> >
> > http://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/chapter_other_assets.html
> >
> > Additions and suggestions are always welcome (as I am not much of a 
> > user of the budget features, I do not consider that I should attempt 
> > to add to this section).
> >
> > David
> 
> But that is precisely what I was talking about (generalized confusion).
> 
>   What was being asked for, so called "envelope budgeting", is a 
> process, and in spite of the "budget" in its name would not be part of 
> the "budget features" of gnucash. Just the standard set of books set up 
> and used in a particular way.
> 
> And I was further trying to describe the difference between "manuals" 
> (what our guides so far are) and a "user guide" (which we don't have, 
> although we do have an introduction to double entry bookkeeping).
> 
> Envelope budgeting ---- guide section would be how to set up your CoA 
> and how to enter transactions to enable this aid to keeping expenses 
> "within budget" (plan). Might have to stress "do not look at the 
> "budgeting features" of gnucash for this, though might have some use for 
> this features in the PLANNING phase (use results to establish the 
> envelope amounts).
> 
> Michael
> _______________________________________________

I found this:

http://allmybrain.com/2011/01/26/simplified-envelope-budgeting-for-gnucash/

It describes a method (actually two as there's an earlier article as well) of envelope budgeting.

Mike E


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