[GNC] GnuCash 3.9 still has problems with Budget ?

[Adrien Monteleone]

I get the same thing. Looks like a bug in the Budget Report then. I’m going to hazard that perhaps rather than budgeting a single amount with a sign, the module should allow for budgeting debits and credits separately. That way there is never a sign confusion or an issue with the reverse balance accounts setting. But that would require a major re-write of the Budget Module. It is probably easier to fix the report.

Regards,
Adrien

> On Apr 1, 2020 w14d92, at 10:24 AM, Phil Longstaff <phil.longstaff at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> True. However, the problem is that the budget report shows a payment to a
> liability as negative. So, unless the budget amount is also negative, the
> "diff" column is incorrect.
> 
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2020 at 10:12 PM Adrien Monteleone <
> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
> 
>> Negative from the perspective of the source account, not from the
>> perspective of the liability. The same is true of expenses.
>> 
>> In the budget module, your amounts should all be positive for
>> savings(assets), income, expenses and payments on liabilities.
>> 
>> 1. Budget your income
>> 2. Budget the following based on priorities
>>  a. Expenses
>>  b. Liability Payments
>>  c. Savings (or other asset acquisitions)
>> 3. Enter every number as positive
>> 
>> Observe that the total remaining to be budgeted increases when you budget
>> positive income.
>> Observe that the total remaining to be budgeted decreases when you budget
>> positive anything else.
>> 
>> I just tested this on 3.9 and it works as expected.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>> 
>>> On Mar 31, 2020 w14d91, at 8:45 PM, Long <Phamhoanglongvn at outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Jim,
>>> 
>>> When you made a payment to liability, the amount are negative.
>>> 
>>> Regards