> -----Original Message-----
> Correct. At one point I went to the effort to set my
computer date back
> before I set up a budget. That's a pain, but it works.
> --
> Chris Cowles,
> Gainesville, FL
> "pds" <pds[at]uberhacker.org> wrote in message
> news:033001c34a59$cc88ad80$a601280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > So in effect, my budget is useless/not meaningful until
> > the next calendar month after I create it?
> .

> So in effect, my budget is useless/not meaningful until
> the next calendar month after I create it?

> -----Original Message-----
> If you look at next months' budget, you should see that
they are properly
> counted in the budget. Because this month is already
happening, and there
> was no budget set at the start of the month, Money
doesn't use these figures
> until the next budget period.
> --
> Glyn Simpson, Microsoft MVP - Money
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> "pds" <pds[at]uberhacker.org> wrote in message
> news:018201c34a41$57c0d210$a601280a[at]phx.gbl...
> > Hello,
> > > I'm trying out the Money 2003 Deluxe web trial edition,
> > and am seeing some weird (to me) behavior.
> > > I have some automatic Bills & Deposits scheduled. When
I
> > am in the Create a Budget flow, these items are pre-
filled
> > for me automatically (they have an icon by them that
has a
> > red arrow pointing up over a "fallen down" [. Under
that
> > it shows Bills : Electricity [other] and a Subtotal.
This
> > all looks fine.
> > > However, when I finish creating the budget and am at the
> > review screen, all of those categories show up as over
> > budget...with the amounts that showed up earlier in
> > the "Actual", but 0.00 for "Budget". When I try to add
> > those amounts in the [other] category, the review screen
> > is fixed, but the budget itself is double-counted and it
> > doesn't balance.
> > > What am I doing wrong?
> .

> Hello,
> I'm trying out the Money 2003 Deluxe web trial edition,
> and am seeing some weird (to me) behavior.
> I have some automatic Bills & Deposits scheduled. When I
> am in the Create a Budget flow, these items are pre-filled
> for me automatically (they have an icon by them that has a
> red arrow pointing up over a "fallen down" [. Under that
> it shows Bills : Electricity [other] and a Subtotal. This
> all looks fine.
> However, when I finish creating the budget and am at the
> review screen, all of those categories show up as over
> budget...with the amounts that showed up earlier in
> the "Actual", but 0.00 for "Budget". When I try to add
> those amounts in the [other] category, the review screen
> is fixed, but the budget itself is double-counted and it
> doesn't balance.
> What am I doing wrong?