General Ledger Maintenance - Budget_Actual tab

Use the Budget/Actual tab to:

view the amounts budgeted, allocated and actually spent by month for a general ledger account
calculate monthly budgets by allocating a portion to each
maintain the budget amounts and allocated amounts.

Also see:

Opening the Budget/Actual tab

To open the Budget/Actual tab:

Select Module > General Ledger > General Ledger Maintenance from the main menu.
The Set General Ledger Search Criteria window is displayed.
Tip: You can also access General Ledger functions by clicking .
Search for the general ledger account. See Searching for general ledger accounts.
The General tab of the General Ledger Maintenance window is displayed.
Click the Budget/Actual tab.
The Budget/Actual tab of the General Ledger Maintenance window is displayed.

General Ledger Maintenance - Budget/Actual tab key fields and buttons
Fields

Field	Description
G/L Year	Select a year to view budget activity for.
Last Year Movement	Sum total of activity on this account last year.
Start Year Balance	Account balance at the start of the year.
Current Balance	Current account balance.
Current Movement	Movement in this account for the financial year.
Annual Budget	Total annual budget this year.

Grid area fields

Field	Description
Month	Each month of the financial year.
Movement	Movement in the account for the selected month. That is, the total of all general ledger journals originating from all sources for the month.
Running Balance	Running account balance each month based on monthly movements.
Budget	Monthly budget figure for the general ledger account. Either: Generate budget figures using the Pro Rata button. Edit the monthly budget figures individually. Add in bulk from a spreadsheet. See Importing general ledger budgets.
Budget Approved	Edit the monthly approved budget figure. Can be entered manually or in bulk from spreadsheet. See Importing general ledger budgets. Alternatively, select Action > Copy Budget to Approved to copy the current Budget to the Budget Approved for all general ledger accounts.
Budget Cash	Edit the monthly budget cash figure. Note: The Budget Cash field is seldom used. The field allows for accounts that can have cash and non-cash items posted to it.
L/Y movement	All financial activity posted to this account in the same month last year.

Buttons

Button	Description
	You can: maintain up to ten available monthly budgets assign available budgets to one of the following budgets: Budget Budget Approved Budget Cash Purchase Order. distribute a single figure across all months of one of the available budgets. See Maintaining available monthly budgets.