Enter Account Budget Amounts
There are several ways to add budget amounts to your expense and revenue accounts:
Enter unique budget amounts for
each period
- Open the revenue or expense account and click on the Budget tab.
- Select Budget this account.
- Type the budget amount in any displayed periods that require an amount. The Total budgeted amount box updates as you add amounts.
- Click Save and Close.
Enter equal budget amounts across
all periods
- Open the revenue or expense account and click on the Budget tab.
- Select Budget this account.
- Type the Total budgeted amount and click Allocate to period.
- Click Save and Close.
Enter unique budget amounts for
each department (Sage 50 Premium Accounting)
- Open the revenue or expense account and click on the Budget tab.
- Select Budget this account.
- For each department, type an amount to allocate to the department for each period.
- Click Save and Close.
Note: A period's departmental allocation total does not have to equal the total Budget Amount for a period. Some of your budget may not be allocated to a specific department.
Enter equal budget amounts across
all departments (Sage 50 Premium Accounting)
- Open the revenue or expense account and click on the Budget tab.
- Select Budget this account.
- Type the Total budgeted amount.
- Click Allocate to department to distribute the Total budgeted amount evenly across all departments.
- Click Save and Close.
Note: A period's departmental allocation total does not have to equal the total Budget Amount for a period. Some of your budget may not be allocated to a specific department.