On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 12:12 PM Norm Samuelson <[email protected]> wrote:
> In the budget report, if the option to show differences is on, it seems > to me that the difference is the opposite of what it should be. I think > it should be (actual-budget), but it seems to be (budget-actual). If > income is higher than budgeted, I think the difference should be > positive. If expense is lower than budgeted, again I think the > difference should be positive, as either of those things adds to the > bottom line, rather than reducing it. > > -- > - Norm - > Some of this may be philosophical more than absolute rules, but for what it's worth, as far as I can tell, Income accounts should show negative (red) when it is under budget, and Expense accounts should show negative (red) when they are over budget. It may be a setting in the budget report. I keep my budget in a spreadsheet, and use the transaction report in GnuCash to get my monthly averages, and compare it to the budgeted amount. -- _________________________________ Richard Losey [email protected] Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
