GooseHouse
Budget income to zero before the month begins.
This is a planning surface, not the transaction ledger. Set expected income for the month, then assign every dollar to categories until the remaining amount reaches zero.
2026-04
0.00 income
0.00 remaining
Month setup
Expected income
Income is the pool you assign across categories. A zero-based budget is fully assigned when income minus planned allocations equals zero.
Assign dollars
Category allocation
Allocate the month’s income to one category at a time. Categories here are the same categories used across GooseHub.
Record activity
Budget transactions
Posted activity has its own screen now, so you can enter transactions without burying them under the planning register.
Open transactions for 2026-04
Transactions still create balanced journals in GooseNest and stay tied back to their budget allocations.
The default funding account remains Cash On Hand.
Month summary
Plan vs remaining
This is the budget register for the month. The goal is to bring remaining-to-budget down to exactly zero.
Income
0.00
Allocated
0.00
Remaining
0.00
| Category | Description | Planned | Spent | Available | Action |
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