The actual creation of a budget takes places in a wizard, where you can choose whether you wish to retrieve data from actual accounting figures of from a previous year's budget, and then have the option to adjust the figures up or down by percentage. If you would like to draw up a budget from scratch without basing it on previous figures of budgets, you can of course do so. You can also fine-tune the numbers even down to account/period level, after the budget has been set up.
How to create a new budget
Go to View - Accounting - Budget.
Click New in the budget list window.
Enter a budget name.
Select accounting year.
Click OK. The budget is being saved and you will be taken to the wizard for the import of budget data.
Once the budget has been created, you can adjust the settings, if you like.
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