Discrepancy between Spending by Categories and income and expenses in currency
The total amount displayed under the widget "Spending by categories or labels" is different from the amount displayed under "Income & Expenses in (currency)".
After reviewing some records, it appears that the difference comes from credit amounts in expenses.
* in the Income & Expenses report, the amount takes into account these credit bookings.
* in the spending pie charts, strictly debit bookings are included.
My opinion on this matter is that
- the two amounts should be equal, no matter the approach chosen.
- since we expect spending categories to be globally negative, the pie charts should include these credit bookings.
- under the extraordinary circumstance where a spending category has a positive total, then it should appear as 0 expenditure (so as not to break the pie charts)