diff --git a/app/Helpers/Collection/Category.php b/app/Helpers/Collection/Category.php
index 76ed0f05de..e365d2c27d 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Collection/Category.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Collection/Category.php
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ class Category
      */
     public function addCategory(CategoryModel $category)
     {
-        if ($category->spent > 0) {
+        // spent is minus zero for an expense report:
+        if ($category->spent < 0) {
             $this->categories->push($category);
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/Helpers/Report/ReportHelper.php b/app/Helpers/Report/ReportHelper.php
index 095d68ae53..bccc191c87 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/Report/ReportHelper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/Report/ReportHelper.php
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ class ReportHelper implements ReportHelperInterface
 
             // no repetition(s) for this budget:
             if ($repetitions->count() == 0) {
-                $spent      = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $start, $end, $shared);
+                $spent      = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $start, $end, $shared);
                 $budgetLine = new BudgetLine;
                 $budgetLine->setBudget($budget);
                 $budgetLine->setOverspent($spent);
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class ReportHelper implements ReportHelperInterface
                 $budgetLine = new BudgetLine;
                 $budgetLine->setBudget($budget);
                 $budgetLine->setRepetition($repetition);
-                $expenses  = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $repetition->startdate, $repetition->enddate, $shared);
+                $expenses  = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $repetition->startdate, $repetition->enddate, $shared);
                 $left      = $expenses < $repetition->amount ? bcsub($repetition->amount, $expenses) : 0;
                 $spent     = $expenses > $repetition->amount ? 0 : $expenses;
                 $overspent = $expenses > $repetition->amount ? bcsub($expenses, $repetition->amount) : 0;
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class ReportHelper implements ReportHelperInterface
         $repository = app('FireflyIII\Repositories\Category\CategoryRepositoryInterface');
         $set        = $repository->getCategories();
         foreach ($set as $category) {
-            $spent           = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($category, $start, $end, $shared);
+            $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $end, $shared);
             $category->spent = $spent;
             $object->addCategory($category);
             $object->addTotal($spent);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/BudgetController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/BudgetController.php
index 5e698ee423..02ef9eaece 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/BudgetController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/BudgetController.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ class BudgetController extends Controller
         foreach ($budgets as $budget) {
             $date               = Session::get('start', Carbon::now()->startOfMonth());
             $end                = Session::get('end', Carbon::now()->endOfMonth());
-            $budget->spent      = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $date, $end);
+            $budget->spent      = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $date, $end);
             $budget->currentRep = $repository->getCurrentRepetition($budget, $date);
             if ($budget->currentRep) {
                 $budgeted = bcadd($budgeted, $budget->currentRep->amount);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/BudgetController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/BudgetController.php
index 70b1b93f9f..d5036356d8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/BudgetController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/BudgetController.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class BudgetController extends Controller
             $end->subDay();
             $chartDate = clone $end;
             $chartDate->startOfMonth();
-            $spent = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $first, $end);
+            $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $first, $end);
             $entries->push([$chartDate, $spent]);
             $first = Navigation::addPeriod($first, $range, 0);
         }
@@ -156,13 +156,13 @@ class BudgetController extends Controller
         foreach ($budgets as $budget) {
             $repetitions = $repository->getBudgetLimitRepetitions($budget, $start, $end);
             if ($repetitions->count() == 0) {
-                $expenses = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $start, $end, true);
+                $expenses = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $start, $end, true);
                 $allEntries->push([$budget->name, 0, 0, $expenses, 0, 0]);
                 continue;
             }
             /** @var LimitRepetition $repetition */
             foreach ($repetitions as $repetition) {
-                $expenses = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $repetition->startdate, $repetition->enddate, true);
+                $expenses = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $repetition->startdate, $repetition->enddate, true);
                 // $left can be less than zero.
                 // $overspent can be more than zero ( = overspending)
 
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ class BudgetController extends Controller
         // filter empty budgets:
 
         foreach ($allBudgets as $budget) {
-            $spent = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $start, $end, $shared);
+            $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $start, $end, $shared);
             if ($spent != 0) {
                 $budgets->push($budget);
             }
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class BudgetController extends Controller
 
             // each budget, fill the row:
             foreach ($budgets as $budget) {
-                $spent = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($budget, $start, $month, $shared);
+                $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($budget, $start, $month, $shared);
                 $row[] = $spent * -1;
             }
             $entries->push($row);
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php
index 67553440be..840bc68aed 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Chart/CategoryController.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
 
         while ($start <= $end) {
             $currentEnd = Navigation::endOfPeriod($start, $range);
-            $spent      = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($category, $start, $currentEnd);
+            $spent      = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $currentEnd);
             $entries->push([clone $start, $spent]);
             $start = Navigation::addPeriod($start, $range, 0);
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
         $entries       = new Collection;
         $categories    = $allCategories->filter(
             function (Category $category) use ($repository, $start, $end, $shared) {
-                $spent = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($category, $start, $end, $shared);
+                $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $end, $shared);
                 if ($spent < 0) {
                     return $category;
                 }
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
             $row = [clone $start]; // make a row:
 
             foreach ($categories as $category) { // each budget, fill the row
-                $spent = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($category, $start, $month, $shared);
+                $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $month, $shared);
                 if ($spent < 0) {
                     $row[] = $spent * -1;
                 } else {
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
         $allEntries    = new Collection;
         $categories    = $allCategories->filter(
             function (Category $category) use ($repository, $start, $end, $shared) {
-                $spent = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($category, $start, $end, $shared);
+                $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $end, $shared);
                 if ($spent > 0) {
                     return $category;
                 }
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class CategoryController extends Controller
             $row = [clone $start]; // make a row:
 
             foreach ($categories as $category) { // each budget, fill the row
-                $spent = $repository->spentInPeriodCorrected($category, $start, $month, $shared);
+                $spent = $repository->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $month, $shared);
                 if ($spent > 0) {
                     $row[] = $spent;
                 } else {
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php
index d7f77edcff..7096306b67 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepository.php
@@ -313,9 +313,9 @@ class BudgetRepository extends ComponentRepository implements BudgetRepositoryIn
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function spentInPeriodCorrected(Budget $budget, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = true)
+    public function balanceInPeriod(Budget $budget, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = true)
     {
-        return $this->balanceInPeriod($budget, $start, $end, $shared);
+        return $this->commonBalanceInPeriod($budget, $start, $end, $shared);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepositoryInterface.php
index 12d3d01b93..6ba34a6e66 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Budget/BudgetRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ interface BudgetRepositoryInterface
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function spentInPeriodCorrected(Budget $budget, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = true);
+    public function balanceInPeriod(Budget $budget, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = true);
 
     /**
      * @param array $data
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepository.php
index 74e3e64334..09d7369dec 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepository.php
@@ -183,9 +183,9 @@ class CategoryRepository extends ComponentRepository implements CategoryReposito
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function spentInPeriodCorrected(Category $category, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = false)
+    public function balanceInPeriod(Category $category, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = false)
     {
-        return $this->balanceInPeriod($category, $start, $end, $shared);
+        return $this->commonBalanceInPeriod($category, $start, $end, $shared);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepositoryInterface.php b/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepositoryInterface.php
index a24dfb6efe..4c1b631fd5 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Category/CategoryRepositoryInterface.php
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ interface CategoryRepositoryInterface
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    public function spentInPeriodCorrected(Category $category, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = false);
+    public function balanceInPeriod(Category $category, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = false);
 
     /**
      *
diff --git a/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php
index 4dd92309f3..584856fa3d 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Shared/ComponentRepository.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class ComponentRepository
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function balanceInPeriod($object, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = false)
+    protected function commonBalanceInPeriod($object, Carbon $start, Carbon $end, $shared = false)
     {
         $cache = new CacheProperties; // we must cache this.
         $cache->addProperty($object->id);
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ComponentRepository
         $cache->addProperty($start);
         $cache->addProperty($end);
         $cache->addProperty($shared);
-        $cache->addProperty('spentInPeriod');
+        $cache->addProperty('balanceInPeriod');
 
         if ($cache->has()) {
             return $cache->get(); // @codeCoverageIgnore