[GNC] Another Budget Report Question

[R Losey]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM Norm Samuelson <Norm at normsamuelson.com>
wrote:

> In the budget report, if the option to show differences is on, it seems
> to me that the difference is the opposite of what it should be.  I think
> it should be (actual-budget), but it seems to be (budget-actual).  If
> income is higher than budgeted, I think the difference should be
> positive.  If expense is lower than budgeted, again I think the
> difference should be positive, as either of those things adds to the
> bottom line, rather than reducing it.
>
> --
> - Norm -
>

Some of this may be philosophical more than absolute rules, but for what
it's worth, as far as I can tell, Income accounts should show negative
(red) when it is under budget, and Expense accounts should show negative
(red) when they are over budget. It may be a setting in the budget report.

I keep my budget in a spreadsheet, and use the transaction report in
GnuCash to get my monthly averages, and compare it to the budgeted amount.

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