I spent some time digging with the stake finance clerk and we finally did figure it out. It was not direclty what you mentioned here but related! thank you and thanks to all!russellhltn wrote: Wed Jan 14, 2026 1:07 pm One of the things that irks me about church finance is they use the word "budget" to mean two different things. There the funds that you get from church headquarters, and there's the spending plan. Those are two different things.
If for some reason you didn't have any spending plan amounts entered for 2024, the end of year would be a big fat negative reflecting all the funds spend but never planned for. Is it possible you spent the year moving funds around looking at the "budget" balance instead of the spending plan "budget"?
Funds carry over, spending plans start fresh with the year.
Negative Balance Forward
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One big giant expense account for the bishop
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