Quicken provides two types of budget reports: a Current Budget report and an Historical Budget report. Although both reports compare the money you spend and receive during a specific date range with the amounts you've budgeted for that date range, there are slight differences between them.
Current Budget report
Historical Budget report
Calculates the difference between actual and budgeted amounts for each line item usingcurrently assignedvalues for the budget amounts.
Calculates the difference between the actual and budgeted amounts for each line item usinghistorically assignedvalues for the budget amounts.
Reports on any past date range
Reports on only the years for which the selected budget exists
To create a budget report and graph
Click thePlanningtab.
Click theBudgetsbutton.
ClickBudget Actions > Budget Reports, and then chooseCurrent BudgetorHistorical Budget.
Quicken displays a report and graph of your currently displayed budget by default. If you want to view a report and graph of another budget, after you create the report, click theBudgetdrop-down menu at the top of the report window, then select the budget you want to create the report or graph for.