diff --git a/app/models/deliverable.rb b/app/models/deliverable.rb
index c167cdb..6b89ba6 100644
--- a/app/models/deliverable.rb
+++ b/app/models/deliverable.rb
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ class Deliverable < ActiveRecord::Base
     overhead_budgets.sum(:budget)
   end
 
+  def overhead_budget_total_for_date(date=nil) #Used on subclasses
+    overhead_budget_total
+  end
+
   # Total number of hours estimated in the Deliverable's budgets
   def estimated_hour_budget_total
     (labor_budgets.sum(:hours) || 0.0) +
diff --git a/app/models/retainer_deliverable.rb b/app/models/retainer_deliverable.rb
index f5b191e..42d832a 100644
--- a/app/models/retainer_deliverable.rb
+++ b/app/models/retainer_deliverable.rb
@@ -87,6 +87,18 @@ class RetainerDeliverable < HourlyDeliverable
     end
   end
 
+  def overhead_budget_total_for_date(date=nil)
+    if date
+      if within_date_range?(date)
+        overhead_budgets.sum(:budget, :conditions => {:year => date.year, :month => date.month})
+      else
+        0 # outside of range
+      end
+    else
+      overhead_budgets.sum(:budget)
+    end
+  end
+
   def create_budgets_for_periods
     # For each month in the time span
     months.each do |month|
diff --git a/test/unit/retainer_deliverable_test.rb b/test/unit/retainer_deliverable_test.rb
index 5abf8b0..06ed2dc 100644
--- a/test/unit/retainer_deliverable_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/retainer_deliverable_test.rb
@@ -127,7 +127,39 @@ class RetainerDeliverableTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   end
 
   # context "#overhead_spent_for_date"
-  # context "#overhead_budget_total_for_date"
+  
+  context "#overhead_budget_total_for_date" do
+    setup do
+      @deliverable = RetainerDeliverable.generate!(:start_date => '2010-01-01', :end_date => '2010-03-31')
+      @deliverable.overhead_budgets << OverheadBudget.spawn(:budget => 100, :hours => 10)
+      @deliverable.save!
+    end
+    
+    context "with a empty period" do
+      should "use all periods" do
+        assert_equal 300.0, @deliverable.overhead_budget_total_for_date(nil)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a period out of the retainer range" do
+      should "filter the records" do
+        assert_equal 0, @deliverable.overhead_budget_total_for_date(Date.new(2011,1,1))
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with an invalid period" do
+      should "return 0" do
+        assert_equal 0, @deliverable.overhead_budget_total_for_date('1')
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with a period in the retainer range" do
+      should "filter the records" do
+        assert_equal 100.0, @deliverable.overhead_budget_total_for_date(Date.new(2010,2,1))
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   # context "#profit_left_for_date"
   # context "#profit_budget_for_date"
   # context "#total_spent_for_date"