"Cyphire" <Cyphire[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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You cannot modify the old scheduled paychecks but you can fix the budget. I
outlined the method in my previous response.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

I think i'm having the same problem(s)... I have a catagory 'Paycheck' which
has 4 deposits for the year, but also contains 4 times as much income in
historical numbers. Budget shows you the numbers it is referencing to figure
the monthly income number, but it ignores most of it - only gives a number
1/3rd of the actual value of the last year's transactions!

No way to modify it, no way to fix it, no logic behind it, and I can't get
support because I, stupidly trusting Microsoft, installed a trial version of
2006 and removed, as it told me to, my 2004 version - and as it's a trial - I
don't get support!

If this is a bug and it doesn't work - Shouldn't the line about 'improved
budget features' be taken off the marketing info?

"Chris Cowles" wrote:

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"William R Wood" <secret[at]???.net> wrote in message
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I think that's in Dick's FAQ, and you'll find it somewhere on MSKB.

Thanks Chris, I will file this away if I get stuck in the future.

Bill Wood




"Chris Cowles" <NoSpam[at]For.me> wrote in message
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Basically, you have to change all the transactions and remaining scheduled
bills for that category to a new category, add that new category to your
budget, and remove the old category from the budget.

The reason is you can't edit the old scheduled bill to move it instead,
which would be infinitely easier. Of course, if you could edit the scheduled
bill, you'd just put an end date on it, rather than jumping through all the
hoops.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL


"William R Wood" <secret[at]???.net> wrote in message
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Thanks, that is something I never heard. I did talk to MS support about the
issue but I received no useful advice. I managed to fix all of my budget
problems myself and only went through the export-import hassle because my
Money file was old, maybe 15 years, and seriously slowing down. The budget
problems were secondary. The new Money file after the import was
significantly smaller and much faster than my old file which had hundreds of
patches and fixes over the years and was probably full of mysterious
gremlins.

It is good to know that there is another way to solve the phantom budget
number problem, however. But it may be difficult to get an MS tech support
person who knows what they are doing. I too use the End Date method of
deleting scheduled bills or deposits now rather than just using the delete
button. I am still not happy with this situation because I already have 5
or 6 End Date type deletions in my 2005 budget and several other revisions
some of which have produced phantom numbers. I fixed all of them but
somewhere in the Money file these weird semi-deleted budget items are still
floating around which I am sure slows the file down. Over the years these
items get more numerous and really affect performance. MSFT needs to fix
the budget/scheduled bills module so you can easily and cleanly delete and
modify items without any problems.


Regards,

Bill Wood
Fountain Hills, AZ



"Greg" <gt1[at]insight.rr.com> wrote in message
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I had the same problem and worked with MS Support to resolve. My problem
started when I deleted budgeted items instead of setting an End Date. My
resolution was a series of changes but a lot less than exporting/importing
all my accounts.

MS Support had me create new categories and move stuff around. I don't
recall all the details but I managed to get it fixed in about two hours
after a few emails and phone calls with MS Support.

"William R Wood" <secret[at]???.net> wrote in message
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Greg T.

I am constantly revising my budget because our finances keep changing.
These phantom amounts drive me nuts and they usually result from deleting a
scheduled bill or deposit or changing the amount of a scheduled bill or
deposit. Deleting them is a bad idea because they don't go away but rather
come back to haunt you in strange ways. To get rid of scheduled bills or
deposits I use the This bill will end at some point option in the Edit
dialog. I put 12/31 of the prior year in the two date boxes and 0 in the no
of payments remaining box. Click ok and see what happens. Usually I have
to do it twice before the item actually goes away. Sometimes I have to
enter Other in the payment method box to make it work. You can usually get
to the Edit dialog by right clicking on the item in the budget summary. If
there is no item to edit when you right click, which happens to some people,
my idea will not work.

If your budget is hopelessly messed up and you have no backup copy of your
file to revert back to, you can try deleting your budgets completely and
recreate them manually. I tried this once but it did not work. Phantom
numbers were still there. Then I tried exporting all my data in qif files
and reimported them back into a new Money file. That worked but it is a lot
of work. I had about 60 accounts and you do have to export them one at a
time but you can import them in a big batch I think. Don't remember the
details of the process very well but Money tells you what to do so you only
have to follow the built in instructions. You have a lot of accounts (225)
and are looking at 2 days work but it would be worth it to me. You do not
loose any transaction data in this process, but you do get rid of old
budgets which must be recreated manually in the new file. You are right,
without a good budget, Money would be nearly worthless. I can balance my
checkbooks in my head usually or on a scrap of paper if they get extra
active. I need Money for the budget and other reports.

This budget problem is really annoying and I am following Moneydance hoping
to switch when it matures. You might want to watch MD's progress as well.
The developer is hoping to exceed Quicken/Money in functionality without the
downsides. I think he has a chance so I bought a copy and I test it every
few months to follow the progress. Many people are completely happy with it
as it now stands.

Regards,

Bill Wood
Fountain Hills, AZ





"Colety" <Colety[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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More information:
I have discovered WHAT but not WHY the mysterious $2960 of expenses are in
the budget when all items have been zeroed.
It appears to be coming from:
Bills/Sattelite Cable
Business/Supplies
and varios iems from my wifes Paycheck such as:
Healthcare reimbursement
Insurance Dental
Insurance Health
Insurance Life
Income Tax
Medicare Tax
SS Tax
Interestingly these all appear to be rounded off numbers like I would have
entered into a budget, not anything "calculated". I am suspecting it is some
legacy from my old M05 budget account. Still hasn't helped me to figure out
how to either get rid of it or switch to Advanced Budgeting though.


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I am still trying to fix the budgeting feature in Money 06. I cannot switch
from Essential Budget to Advanced and Essential Budget does not appear to
work correctly.
Let's start with Essential Budget:
I have tried repairing the file both Quick and Standard without affect.
I have tried deleting all Income and Expense without affect.
However I have noticed that with all these deleted the budget looks strange.
When looking at the Expense page the summary says $0 Income and $0 Expenses
Net $0, but when looking at the Income page the summary indicates a $2960
expense for a Net -$2960 budget.
I saw something about starting a new file and importing QIF file which I
though I would try but it looks like I can only export 1 account at a time
and this file has over 225 accounts in it. I certainly can't do that.
Are there any other solutions? I want to get to Advanced Budgeting mode
preferably, but in lieu of that would be slightly satisfied to get the budget
to net out correctly in the Essential mode. I suspect the two issues may
share the same root cause and it may be this "phanton" $2960 in expenses that
is keeping me from switching to Advanced mode. Without a budgeting feature,
this program is really little more than a checkbook in terms of functionality
for me anyway. I have transactions dating back to 1998 in this Money file, I
would hate to lose all that information by creating a new file and am not
even sure that would fix the budgeting problem. Please help or point me in a
direction.