Marc, I do use the recurring bill method, and I changed
the due dates back one month. They appeared in my budget
and everything was all good, but as soon as I skipped the
occurrence that was overdue, it went back to the way it
was.

Is there another way to fix this, or do I just wait until
May comes along and see if it fixes itself?

Thanks for the help!

And I'm using 2004 Standard Edition by the way.

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You'll find if you budget something due after the current
date, it won't appear until the next month's budget.
Makes the first month really annoying. I cheated it by
changing my system date before entering the budget
amounts. If you use the recurring bill method, you're
best to make the first due date the previous month, then
when it tells you you're overdue, right click (in your
bills & deposits page), and select skip this occurence.
That should get you accurate budget amounts without
duplicating entries.

Hope that helps. I just spent 8 hours figuring this out.

Marc
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Me too! I came here looking for the answer to the very
same question. Hope someone can help us out.

I'm having a slight problem with my budget. On
the "Review Your Current Budget" screen where it lists
your Actual vs. Budgeted items, my budgeted amount is not
being filled in so it keeps saying that my expenses exceed
my budgeted amount when in fact I am within my budgeted
amount.

For instance I have a $40 cell phone bill due every month,
and I have set it up in my budget all nice and neat. But
on that review screen it shows the following:

Category Budgeted Actual Difference

Bills : Cell phone 40.00 0.00 (40.00)

It's really annoying me because some of my other things
will show up, but that one and a few others won't. They
are set up in my Bills & Deposits also.

Hopefully this makes sense. I've checked everything and
it still won't fill in that budgeted amount. I feel like
I'm pretty computer savvy so this is really frustrating
me. Any help is appreciated!