| Department | Reference | Choose the department that you want to enter the budgets for. |
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| Name | Shows the name of the department. |
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| Nominal Area | Browse to the nominal code that you want to enter budgets for. |
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| Budget Details | Year | Choose the financial year that you want to enter the budgets for. |
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| Nominal | The nominal code that you've selected appears here. |
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| Chart of Accounts | Choose the required chart of accounts. If you choose a different Chart of Accounts the Nominal box resets. |
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| Name | The nominal code name that you've selected appears here. |
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| Notes | If required, enter some notes for the budget. Maximum 1023 characters. |
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| Annual Budget | Total Budget | If required you can enter the total budget in this box. When you tab out of this box a message appears asking if you want to apportion the value across 12 months. To apportion the total budget equally across the 12 months, click Yes. |
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| Total Actual | The total value of all transactions for the selected nominal category and financial year appears here. |
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| Total Variance | Total Actual - Total Budget. |
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| Monthly Breakdown | Budget | Enter the monthly budgets in the relevant boxes. To copy the first budget you enter to the remaining months, click Copy Values. If required, you can increment the values by an amount or a percentage. |
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| Actual | The total value of all transactions for the selected nominal category and relevant months appear here. |
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| Variance | Actual - Budget. |
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| Forecast | If required, enter forecast values for the following financial year in the relevant boxes. |
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