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Budget Maintenance

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Account No.

Enter the general ledger account for adding or maintaining a budget. A valid account must be entered. Click the Lookup button to list all general ledger account numbers. Press CTRL+F3, or right-click and select Account Entry to use the Account Entry window to select an account. For more information, see Account Entry. For instructions on how to revise multiple budgets for an account, see Revise Multiple Budgets.

 

Description

This field displays the description of the selected account and can only be viewed. Account descriptions are maintained in Account Maintenance.

 

Account Type

This field displays the description of the type of account selected and can only be viewed. Account types are maintained in Account Maintenance.

 

Cash Flow

This field displays the cash flow type for the selected account and can only be viewed. The cash flow type is maintained in Account Maintenance.

 

Period Budget Amounts

Type the budget amount at each accounting period for a selected budget column to manually enter budget amounts for the account. For debit accounts (for example, assets or expenses), enter a debit amount as a positive number, or enter a credit amount as a negative number. For credit accounts (for example, liabilities or sales), enter a credit amount as a positive number, or enter a debit amount as a negative number. The Activity field can only be viewed.

You can set up an unlimited number of distinct sets of budget data for each general ledger account in the General Ledger Options window, and then maintain the budgets in Budget Maintenance. For more information, see Budget Code.

 Entry Sample

Enter....	If....
-220,000.00	you are entering a credit amount.
220,000.00	you are entering a debit amount.

 

Totals

This field displays the total for each budget column. As budget amounts are entered, the total is automatically recalculated. This field can only be viewed.