Not sure if this is your cause or not, but when setting up the budget, you
specify how much you spend per month. When Money then calculates your
budget, it does so based on a 4 week month. However, when the budget is
displayed to you, it bases its numbers on the number of days in the month
displayed. This usually means that it looks like there is a discrepancy in
your numbers.

However, I don't see how $145 prorated over 31 days from 4 weeks would add
another $101. You can try removing the monthly payment from you budget and
see what happens. If it still shows a debt of $101, it might give you an
indication as to where it is coming from then.

- Merg

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I haven't solved yesterday's yet.


"Krawnight" <Krawnight[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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P.S. I am using the Advanced Budget option.

"Krawnight" wrote:

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I can't understand this and it is INCREDIBLY frustrating. I'm trying to set
my budget in Microsoft Money 2005 and everything else seems to be working
fine.

I have a "Debt" category when I am editing my budget, and it has only one
subcategory in it: a monthly payment for a student loan for $145.04.
Everything on this screen looks great.

Then when I click the Budget vs. Spending link and look at how I am doing,
it shows a single "Debt" heading under my "Debt category" with a budget of
246.04/month.

Where is this $101 coming from? When I check the total budget under the
"Edit Budget" option I come out to one amount (which is accurate). But then
under this Budget vs. Spending option, it again shows my budget with this
additional $101.

Like I said, this is especially frustrating since I can't see a) WHY Money
is adding $101 to my budget under this mystery "Debt" category, and b) how I
can get rid of it.

Thanks.