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Budgeting is an essential part of running a successful business. As a business owner, you’ll probably have to purchase various goods and services to facilitate your business’s operations. With a budget, you’ll have a better understanding of how much money your business can safely spend on these goods and services while staying profitable. If you use Quickbooks as your business’s accounting software, you can set a budget in just a few easy steps.

Check Your Last Fiscal Year’s Budget

Before setting a new budget in Quickbooks, you should check the budget of your business’s last fiscal year. You can do this by logging in to your Quickbooks account and selecting the “Company” menu, followed by “My Company.” Next, click the pencil-shaped icon and select “Report Information.”

You’ll need to pull up the specific report for your business’s last fiscal. Therefore, you’ll need to select the “Reports” menu, followed by “Company & Financial.” You can then choose either “Profit & Loss Detail” or “Balance Sheet Detail.” The former is used for profit and loss statements, whereas the latter is used for balance sheet statements. You can create a budget for either type by selecting the appropriate one.

Steps to Setting a Budget in Quickbooks

After checking the budget of your businesss’ last fiscal year, you can proceed to create a new budget for it. Go back to the home screen of your Quickbooks account and select the “Company” menu.  While hovering your cursor over the tab titled “Planning & Budgeting,” you should see an option for “Set Up Budgets.” Clicking this option will reveal “Create New Budget,” which you can select to set up a new budget in Quickbooks.

When setting up a budget in Quickbooks, you’ll need to specify a fiscal year. This can be either a calendar year or a separate period (a fiscal year). Along with a fiscal year, you’ll need to choose either “Profit & Loss” or “Balance Sheet.” Quickbooks offers budgets for both profit and loss and balance sheet reports. After performing these steps, select “Next” and proceed with the instructions. Depending on which option you choose, you may be required to enter additional information. Quickbooks will create a new budget for you once you’ve completed all the necessary steps. You can then find this budget in your Quickbooks account while using it to ensure that your business doesn’t overspend when buying goods or services.

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