Troubleshoot savings goals
Note: To perform this task, you must be using
the Advanced Budget. To determine which budget you're using, look
for the Essential Budget, Advanced
Budget, or Savings and Spending Budget
label in the upper-right corner of the Budget summary page.
Error messages about savings goals may be caused by one or more
of the following:
- The goal amount is too large or the date too
soon. Money evaluates your savings goals according to the
amount you want to save and the date by which you want to save it.
If Money calculates that your unbudgeted income is not enough to
cover a savings goal by the date you want to achieve it, Money will
tell you to adjust either the amount of the goal or the date.
- You haven't created a budget yet. Money
requires a budget to calculate information about savings
goals.
- You haven't told Money that you want to save unbudgeted
income. Money assumes that you'll spend unbudgeted income
instead of saving it. You can tell Money that you want to save it
instead, and this will change how Money calculates your savings
goals.
