On Feb 17, 12:53 am, Dale G S <Dale G S...[at]discussions.microsoft.comwrote:
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I figured this one out on my own. When in the cash flow view I had to
select Multiple Accounts with both the Credit Card and Checking
Account selected. Calculations now are correct.

I'm running MS Money 2007 Premium SP2 and I'm having a problem with cash flow
forcasting. I'm using the advanced budget model. Here is my problem -- I
pay a lot of my expenses via credit card to get the travel award points, but
pay off the card each week from my checking account. Both the credit card
and checking account are "included in budget planner". My monthly budget
updates correctly, showing expenses from both the credit card and checking
account for each budget catagory. However, in the cash flow projection for
the checking account, the amount being projected for remaining expenses for
the month does not take into consideration the amounts already spent via the
credit card.

Here's an example:
I have $800 budgeted for the month for budget catagory A. I have spent $400
this month in Catagory A with the credit card and $200 in Catagory A in the
checking account. My budget reports correctly show $600 spent/$200 remaining
for catagory A this month. The cash flow for checking however is trying to
spread $600 of remaining expense over the remainder of the month instead of
the $200 I actually have remaining in the budget (i.e. it doesn't take into
consideration the fact that $400 has been spent in this catagory via the
credit card). I have the cash flows assigned to the checking account for all
budget catagories.

I know this is a complicated scenario, but any help or suggestions would be
appreciated. I first seemed to notice this problem after "upgrading" to SP2,
but it may have behaved this way previously.