Budget Options to Consider


1. Require Sub Accounts for Budgeting


When you want to require sub account codes for budgeting on your project, you will manually spread your budget among the sub account codes.


Note: Only our Project Setup Team can change your project to one that has sub account codes required for budgeting.  Please contact ProjectSetup@gslate.com if you would like this enabled.


Once this option is enabled, the software creates a default 00, 000, or 0000 ("00") for each expense account, depending on the sub account code mask that has been set up.  These default sub account codes will be used for all uncoded costs and payroll import.  If there are existing costs in the header/rollup account, they are automatically moved to the default "00" sub account code account.  The header/rollup account is only a total of the combined sub accounts and no costs can be posted to this account.


In the Chart of Accounts, you'll see the sub accounts broken out if the detail line has multiple sub accounts, or when sub accounts are not rolled up. Typically all expense accounts will have at least one, default sub account code, however, clients may add as many as are needed.  Any reports with the "00" lines are suppressed unless no costs are associated with another sub account code exists in them. 


When making ETC/EFC/BUDGET changes, you will only be able to make changes to the sub account coded accounts (those accounts in white in the above Cost Report).  The header/rollup accounts will not be editable.  They will hold the total of the sub account codes only.  These header/rollup accounts are highlighted in grey in the Budget Changes window.




2. Multiple Budgets Setup Using Location/Episode Codes


If you have multiple budgets, you can use location/episode codes for budgeting.  Each budget will be imported to a specific location/episode code and whenever a transaction is entered, a code will be selected so the transaction applies to that budget.  



When viewing the Chart of Accounts or the Trial Balances Report, you will be able to filter by location/episode(ONLY IF LOCATION IS ENFORCED)



3. Enforced vs. Non-Enforced Location


When using multiple locations, you have the option of whether or not the location will be enforced.  


Enforced: A single location must be assigned for each transaction in order to save the transaction.  You will be able to use the Trial Balances Report for a specific location.


Non-Enforced: Multiple locations can be assigned to a single transaction.  You will NOT be able to use the Trial Balances Report for a specific location (for reasons such as one check paying for transactions at multiple locations but is drawn from the checking account of only one location).


Note: If you would like the Location to NOT be enforced on your budgets, please contact support to disable.