What does the "Rollover Reserve" amount at bottom of Budget represent

Timothy Kevin McPike

At the very bottom of each month column in the Budget window are two amounts labeled "Totals" and "Rollover Reserve." The Totals add up correctly for all my income and expense categories, but the Rollover Reserve does not track the total of my budget categories rollover amounts (mine are set to rollover positive and negative amounts). Any help appreciated.

Chris_QPW

You can't just add up the rollovers from your categories and get this amount because the rollover amounts might be "consumed" during the month.

For instance say a category has $50 in rollover, and the budget is for $25, and you spend $40 in that category.  The $25 - $40 = -$15 short, so that $15 would come out of the $50 rollover and you would have $35 left in your rollover, and totaling all those amounts should give you what you get in the "Rollover Reserve".

Chris_QPW

You can't just add up the rollovers from your categories and get this amount because the rollover amounts might be "consumed" during the month.

For instance say a category has $50 in rollover, and the budget is for $25, and you spend $40 in that category.  The $25 - $40 = -$15 short, so that $15 would come out of the $50 rollover and you would have $35 left in your rollover, and totaling all those amounts should give you what you get in the "Rollover Reserve".

Rallo

I am confused by your explanation. Sum of rollovers should be total rollover reserve and this should be the total balance. Why are the two numbers not the same ? I am havingthe same problem as Timothy McPike.