Set-up your budget

Setting a budget tells Emma how much you want to spend over a given time period
Don't include any savings or spending on investments in your total budget

Follow the steps below to set-up your budget

Go to your Feed tab in Emma
Scroll down until you get to the Analytics section
Under the budgeting section, select Set-up
Under Total Budget, enter the total amount you want to spend during your budgeting period

Note: If you're not sure what your total budget should be, read our guide here

Savings and credit card repayments should not be included in your total budget.

Set your budgeting period - this tells Emma the time period you want your budget to run for
Set your category budgets - these help you keep track of spending for specific areas
Select your 'Done' and you're complete! You should now have your budget in Emma up and running

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Updated on: 20/04/2022