# Budget 🆕

At Lunch Money, we don’t prescribe a specific budgeting method — instead, we provide all the different tools and flexibility you need to budget your way!

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If you're getting started with budgeting in Lunch Money for the first time, we recommend going through the complete Budgeting Guide here:

<a href="/pages/XbjFb1r0MDcndS5VIpS7" class="button secondary" data-icon="book">Guide: Budgeting with Lunch Money</a>

If you're looking for information on specific features, see below:

* [**Step 1: Intro to Budgeting**](/guides/budgeting/step-1-intro-to-budgeting.md)
* [**Step 2: Setting Up Your Budget**](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md)
  * [Before You Start](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#before-you-start)
  * [Setting Your Budgeting Period](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#setting-your-budgeting-period)
    * [How do I configure my custom budgeting period?](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#how-do-i-configure-my-custom-budgeting-period)
    * [What does “Starting On” mean?](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#what-does-starting-on-mean)
  * [Managing Your Income Settings](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#managing-your-income-settings)
  * [Defining Rollover Options](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#defining-rollover-options)
    * [What’s a Rollover?](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#whats-a-rollover)
    * [Rollover Options for the General Pool (Income)](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#rollover-options-for-the-general-pool-income)[
      ](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#how-to-turn-on-general-pool-rollovers)
      * [
        How to turn on General Pool Rollovers](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#how-to-turn-on-general-pool-rollovers)
    * [Rollover Options for Expense Categories](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#rollover-options-for-expense-categories)
      * [How to turn on Category Rollovers](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#how-to-turn-on-category-rollovers)
  * [Category Group Budgeting](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#enabling-category-group-budgeting)
    * [How to turn on Category Group Budgeting
      ](/guides/budgeting/step-2-setting-up-your-budget.md#how-to-turn-on-category-group-budgeting)
* [**Step 3: Navigating the Budget page**](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md)
  * [Current Period Indicator](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#current-period-indicator)
  * [Navigation buttons](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#navigation-buttons)
  * [Inflow & Outflow Tables](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#inflow-and-outflow-tables)
    * [What each column means](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#what-each-column-means)
    * [Rollover breakdowns](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#rollover-breakdowns)
  * [Sidebar: Budget Status Card](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#sidebar-budget-status-card)
  * [Sidebar: Action Buttons](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#sidebar-action-buttons)
  * [Sidebar: Budget Overview](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#sidebar-budget-overview)
    * [Understanding Net Total Available](/guides/budgeting/step-3-navigating-the-budget-page.md#understanding-net-total-available)
* [**Step 4: Budgeting**](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md)
  * [Manual budgeting](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md#manual-budgeting)
  * [Quick Budget Actions](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md#quick-budget-actions)
    * [Budgeting suggestions](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md#budgeting-suggestions)
    * [Budget Presets](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md#budget-presets)
    * [Copy Budget](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md#copy-budget)
    * [Moving money between categories](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md#moving-money-between-categories)
  * [Available Balance Adjustments](/guides/budgeting/step-4-budgeting.md#available-balance-adjustments)
* [**Step 5: Miscellaneous Features**](/guides/budgeting/step-5-miscellaneous-features.md)
  * [Historical Spend](/guides/budgeting/step-5-miscellaneous-features.md#historical-spend)
  * [Settings View](/guides/budgeting/step-5-miscellaneous-features.md#settings-view)
  * [Hide categories with no activity and no budget](/guides/budgeting/step-5-miscellaneous-features.md#hide-categories-with-no-activity-and-no-budget)
  * [Budget Notes](/guides/budgeting/step-5-miscellaneous-features.md#budget-notes)
  * [Budget Breakdown (Overview page)](/guides/budgeting/step-5-miscellaneous-features.md#budget-breakdown-overview-page)
  * [Monthly Summary (Transactions Page)](/guides/budgeting/step-5-miscellaneous-features.md#monthly-summary-transactions-page)
* [**FAQ**](/guides/budgeting/faq.md)
* [**Reference/Glossary**](/guides/budgeting/reference-glossary.md)


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