diff --git a/app/models/budget.rb b/app/models/budget.rb
index c4f953915..5b2cdc558 100644
--- a/app/models/budget.rb
+++ b/app/models/budget.rb
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ class Budget < ActiveRecord::Base
     phase == "finished"
   end
 
+  def balloting_or_later?
+    balloting? || reviewing_ballots? || finished?
+  end
+
   def on_hold?
     reviewing? || valuating? || reviewing_ballots?
   end
diff --git a/spec/models/budget_spec.rb b/spec/models/budget_spec.rb
index 1157a152b..a1d1a1f42 100644
--- a/spec/models/budget_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/budget_spec.rb
@@ -49,6 +49,52 @@ describe Budget do
       budget.phase = "finished"
       expect(budget).to be_finished
     end
+
+    it "on_hold?" do
+      budget.phase = "accepting"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_on_hold
+
+      budget.phase = "reviewing"
+      expect(budget).to be_on_hold
+
+      budget.phase = "selecting"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_on_hold
+
+      budget.phase = "valuating"
+      expect(budget).to be_on_hold
+
+      budget.phase = "balloting"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_on_hold
+
+      budget.phase = "reviewing_ballots"
+      expect(budget).to be_on_hold
+
+      budget.phase = "finished"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_on_hold
+    end
+
+    it "balloting_or_later?" do
+      budget.phase = "accepting"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_balloting_or_later
+
+      budget.phase = "reviewing"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_balloting_or_later
+
+      budget.phase = "selecting"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_balloting_or_later
+
+      budget.phase = "valuating"
+      expect(budget).to_not be_balloting_or_later
+
+      budget.phase = "balloting"
+      expect(budget).to be_balloting_or_later
+
+      budget.phase = "reviewing_ballots"
+      expect(budget).to be_balloting_or_later
+
+      budget.phase = "finished"
+      expect(budget).to be_balloting_or_later
+    end
   end
 
   describe "heading_price" do