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Budget

These reports contain information on actual performance with respect to budget. For this reason they will only be meaningful if you have entered budget information into MoneyWorks.

The budget reports are designed to print in landscape mode (sideways) on your printer. You will need to set the Page Setup for this, or alternatively set the reduction to 70%. The budget column headings are:

ColumnDescription
Account:The account code and description;
Period Budget:The budget for the report period;
Period ActualThe actual results for the report period;
Variance:The percentage of actual against budget for the report period;
Ann Budget:The total budget for the entire year;
Actual YTDThe total amount for all periods up to and including the report period in the current year;
Variance:The percentage of year to date actual against the annual budget;
Dollars LeftThe amount left in the annual budget.

Monthly

These reports provide comparative information of performance between months. The columns are:

ColumnDescription
Account:The account code and description;
Last Month:The actual results for the period prior to the report period;
This Month:The actual results for the report period;
% Change:The percentage change from the previous period to the report period;
Year to DateThe total amount for all periods up to and including the report period this financial year.

Yearly

These reports provide comparative information of annual performance.

ColumnDescription
Account:The account code and description;
YTD Last Year:The total amount for all periods up to and including the report period (“Year to Date”), but for the last financial year;
YTD This Year:The total amount for all periods up to and including the report period this financial year;
% Change:The percent change of YTD This Year over YTD Last Year;
This Period:The actual results for the report period.

12 Months Actual

These provide actual results for the previous twelve months on a rolling basis

ColumnDescription
AccountThe account code and description
Month - 11The actual results for 11 months prior to the report period
Month - 10The actual results for 10 months prior to the report period
...Additional columns for the intervening months
This MonthThe actuals for the report period
TotalThe actuals for the sum of the twelve columns

Fin Year Balances

These reports provide account balances for all periods in the nominated financial year—the report assumes that the financial year has twelve periods. Future periods (i.e. periods that have not yet been opened) will have balances of zero.

ColumnDescription
AccountThe account code and description
Period 1The balances for the first period in the financial year
Period 2The balances for the second period in the financial year
...The balances for the intervening periods
Period 12The balances for the twelfth (last) period in the financial year
Year to DateThe year to date balances

Fin Year Budgets

These provide budgeted account movements for all periods in the nominated financial year—the report assumes that the financial year has twelve periods.

ColumnDescription
AccountThe account code and description
Period 1The budgets for the first period in the financial year
Period 2The budgets for the second period in the financial year
...The budgets for the intervening periods
Period 12The budgets for the twelfth (last) period in the financial year
AnnualThe annual budget (i.e. the sum of the twelve columns)

Fin Year Movements

These provide actual account movements for all periods in the nominated financial year—the report assumes that the financial year has twelve periods. Actuals for future periods (i.e. periods after the current period) will show as zero1.

ColumnDescription
AccountThe account code and description
Period 1The actual movement for the first period in the financial year
Period 2The actual movement for the second period in the financial year
...The actual movements for the intervening periods
Period 12The actual movement for the twelfth period in the financial year
Year to DateThe year to date actuals

1  You can easily change this to show budgets if you wish by setting the Budgets option in the report preferences—see Budget.