This program assumes that you have one or more bank accounts, or other similar accounts, to which you make deposits.
If you wish to withhold cash at the time of each deposit, then either:
1 - The amount withheld should not be a part of your budget, or
2 - You should have a category for the cash witheld and enter both the total pay as a deposit and the amount of cash withheld from the deposit as an expense.
PROCEDURE
Enter a deposit by clicking on the Deposit button to show the Deposits Screen.
Enter the total amount of the deposit.
When the total deposit has been entered two options will become available:
o All Categories
Selection of this option automatically distributes the deposit to each of your categories in accordance with your budget plan. (More specifically, it does this by ratioing each category budget amount to your budget total and applying that fraction of your deposit to each budget category. This feature automatically takes into account the different budget periods for your different budget categories.)
o Selected Categories
Selection of this option allows you to distribute the deposit to those accounts that you subsequently select.
Upon entry of the deposit total and selection of this option an instruction will appear requesting that you highlight a category. An input box will then allow you to enter the amount of the deposit total to be added to the selected category. When done the Balance To Distribute box will show the balance of the deposit that remains to be distributed. Simply repeat the process until the Balance to Distribute is zero. (If you over shoot the total, a negative amount will show and you should then select a category and enter the negative amount.)
YOU WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE MAIN SCREEN TO ENTER ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS OR EXPENSES UNTIL THE BALANCE TO DISTRIBUTE IS ZERO.
