diff --git a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
index 8d40076c71..6fa0a2b2c7 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/Rule/RuleRepository.php
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ class RuleRepository implements RuleRepositoryInterface
         $ruleTrigger->active          = 1;
         $ruleTrigger->stop_processing = $values['stopProcessing'];
         $ruleTrigger->trigger_type    = $values['action'];
-        $ruleTrigger->trigger_value   = $values['value'];
+        $ruleTrigger->trigger_value   = is_null($values['value']) ? '' : $values['value'];
         $ruleTrigger->save();
 
         return $ruleTrigger;
diff --git a/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyBudget.php b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyBudget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74d77eab01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyBudget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * HasAnyBudget.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
+ * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Class HasAnyBudget
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers
+ */
+final class HasAnyBudget extends AbstractTrigger implements TriggerInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * A trigger is said to "match anything", or match any given transaction,
+     * when the trigger value is very vague or has no restrictions. Easy examples
+     * are the "AmountMore"-trigger combined with an amount of 0: any given transaction
+     * has an amount of more than zero! Other examples are all the "Description"-triggers
+     * which have hard time handling empty trigger values such as "" or "*" (wild cards).
+     *
+     * If the user tries to create such a trigger, this method MUST return true so Firefly III
+     * can stop the storing / updating the trigger. If the trigger is in any way restrictive
+     * (even if it will still include 99.9% of the users transactions), this method MUST return
+     * false.
+     *
+     * @param null $value
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function willMatchEverything($value = null)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function triggered(TransactionJournal $journal): bool
+    {
+        $count = $journal->budgets()->count();
+        if ($count > 0) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasAnyBudget for journal #%d: count is %d, return true.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasAnyBudget for journal #%d: count is %d, return false.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+        return false;
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyCategory.php b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyCategory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7902e0e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyCategory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * HasAnyCategory.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
+ * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Class HasAnyCategory
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers
+ */
+final class HasAnyCategory extends AbstractTrigger implements TriggerInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * A trigger is said to "match anything", or match any given transaction,
+     * when the trigger value is very vague or has no restrictions. Easy examples
+     * are the "AmountMore"-trigger combined with an amount of 0: any given transaction
+     * has an amount of more than zero! Other examples are all the "Description"-triggers
+     * which have hard time handling empty trigger values such as "" or "*" (wild cards).
+     *
+     * If the user tries to create such a trigger, this method MUST return true so Firefly III
+     * can stop the storing / updating the trigger. If the trigger is in any way restrictive
+     * (even if it will still include 99.9% of the users transactions), this method MUST return
+     * false.
+     *
+     * @param null $value
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function willMatchEverything($value = null)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function triggered(TransactionJournal $journal): bool
+    {
+        $count = $journal->categories()->count();
+        if ($count > 0) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasAnyCategory for journal #%d: count is %d, return true.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasAnyCategory for journal #%d: count is %d, return false.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+        return false;
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyTag.php b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyTag.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7e2ecd5bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasAnyTag.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * HasAnyTag.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
+ * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Class HasAnyTag
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers
+ */
+final class HasAnyTag extends AbstractTrigger implements TriggerInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * A trigger is said to "match anything", or match any given transaction,
+     * when the trigger value is very vague or has no restrictions. Easy examples
+     * are the "AmountMore"-trigger combined with an amount of 0: any given transaction
+     * has an amount of more than zero! Other examples are all the "Description"-triggers
+     * which have hard time handling empty trigger values such as "" or "*" (wild cards).
+     *
+     * If the user tries to create such a trigger, this method MUST return true so Firefly III
+     * can stop the storing / updating the trigger. If the trigger is in any way restrictive
+     * (even if it will still include 99.9% of the users transactions), this method MUST return
+     * false.
+     *
+     * @param null $value
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function willMatchEverything($value = null)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function triggered(TransactionJournal $journal): bool
+    {
+        $count = $journal->tags()->count();
+        if ($count > 0) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasAnyTag for journal #%d: count is %d, return true.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasAnyTag for journal #%d: count is %d, return false.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+        return false;
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoBudget.php b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoBudget.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9df4143805
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoBudget.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * HasNoBudget.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
+ * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Class HasNoBudget
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers
+ */
+final class HasNoBudget extends AbstractTrigger implements TriggerInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * A trigger is said to "match anything", or match any given transaction,
+     * when the trigger value is very vague or has no restrictions. Easy examples
+     * are the "AmountMore"-trigger combined with an amount of 0: any given transaction
+     * has an amount of more than zero! Other examples are all the "Description"-triggers
+     * which have hard time handling empty trigger values such as "" or "*" (wild cards).
+     *
+     * If the user tries to create such a trigger, this method MUST return true so Firefly III
+     * can stop the storing / updating the trigger. If the trigger is in any way restrictive
+     * (even if it will still include 99.9% of the users transactions), this method MUST return
+     * false.
+     *
+     * @param null $value
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function willMatchEverything($value = null)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function triggered(TransactionJournal $journal): bool
+    {
+        $count = $journal->budgets()->count();
+        if ($count === 0) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasNoBudget for journal #%d: count is %d, return true.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasNoBudget for journal #%d: count is %d, return false.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+        return false;
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoCategory.php b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoCategory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f6e367b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoCategory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * HasNoCategory.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
+ * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Class HasNoCategory
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers
+ */
+final class HasNoCategory extends AbstractTrigger implements TriggerInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * A trigger is said to "match anything", or match any given transaction,
+     * when the trigger value is very vague or has no restrictions. Easy examples
+     * are the "AmountMore"-trigger combined with an amount of 0: any given transaction
+     * has an amount of more than zero! Other examples are all the "Description"-triggers
+     * which have hard time handling empty trigger values such as "" or "*" (wild cards).
+     *
+     * If the user tries to create such a trigger, this method MUST return true so Firefly III
+     * can stop the storing / updating the trigger. If the trigger is in any way restrictive
+     * (even if it will still include 99.9% of the users transactions), this method MUST return
+     * false.
+     *
+     * @param null $value
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function willMatchEverything($value = null)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function triggered(TransactionJournal $journal): bool
+    {
+        $count = $journal->categories()->count();
+        if ($count === 0) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasNoCategory for journal #%d: count is %d, return true.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasNoCategory for journal #%d: count is %d, return false.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+        return false;
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoTag.php b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoTag.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..813aaf82ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Rules/Triggers/HasNoTag.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * HasNoTag.php
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 thegrumpydictator@gmail.com
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms of the
+ * Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
+ *
+ * See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers;
+
+use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
+use Log;
+
+/**
+ * Class HasNoTag
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Rules\Triggers
+ */
+final class HasNoTag extends AbstractTrigger implements TriggerInterface
+{
+
+    /**
+     * A trigger is said to "match anything", or match any given transaction,
+     * when the trigger value is very vague or has no restrictions. Easy examples
+     * are the "AmountMore"-trigger combined with an amount of 0: any given transaction
+     * has an amount of more than zero! Other examples are all the "Description"-triggers
+     * which have hard time handling empty trigger values such as "" or "*" (wild cards).
+     *
+     * If the user tries to create such a trigger, this method MUST return true so Firefly III
+     * can stop the storing / updating the trigger. If the trigger is in any way restrictive
+     * (even if it will still include 99.9% of the users transactions), this method MUST return
+     * false.
+     *
+     * @param null $value
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public static function willMatchEverything($value = null)
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param TransactionJournal $journal
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function triggered(TransactionJournal $journal): bool
+    {
+        $count = $journal->tags()->count();
+        if ($count === 0) {
+            Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasNoTag for journal #%d: count is %d, return true.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+            return true;
+        }
+        Log::debug(sprintf('RuleTrigger HasNoTag for journal #%d: count is %d, return false.', $journal->id, $count));
+
+        return false;
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/public/js/ff/rules/create-edit.js b/public/js/ff/rules/create-edit.js
index 3b8e871e04..24407d3987 100644
--- a/public/js/ff/rules/create-edit.js
+++ b/public/js/ff/rules/create-edit.js
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ function updateTriggerInput(selectList) {
     var parent = selectList.parent().parent();
     // the text input we're looking for:
     var input = parent.find('input[name^="rule-trigger-value["]');
+    input.prop('disabled', false);
     switch (selectList.val()) {
         case 'from_account_starts':
         case 'from_account_ends':
@@ -259,6 +260,15 @@ function updateTriggerInput(selectList) {
         case 'description_is':
             createAutoComplete(input, 'json/transaction-journals/all');
             break;
+        case 'has_no_category':
+        case 'has_any_category':
+        case 'has_no_budget':
+        case 'has_any_budget':
+        case 'has_no_tag':
+        case 'has_any_tag':
+            input.prop('disabled', true);
+            input.typeahead('destroy');
+            break;
         default:
             input.typeahead('destroy');
             break;
diff --git a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
index b7043932f7..133d3bb168 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en_US/firefly.php
@@ -239,52 +239,60 @@ return [
 
     // actions and triggers
     'rule_trigger_user_action'                   => 'User action is ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_from_account_starts'           => 'Source account starts with ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_from_account_ends'             => 'Source account ends with ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_from_account_is'               => 'Source account is ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_from_account_contains'         => 'Source account contains ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_to_account_starts'             => 'Destination account starts with ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_to_account_ends'               => 'Destination account ends with ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_to_account_is'                 => 'Destination account is ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_to_account_contains'           => 'Destination account contains ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_transaction_type'              => 'Transaction is of type ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_category_is'                   => 'Category is ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_amount_less'                   => 'Amount is less than :trigger_value',
-    'rule_trigger_amount_exactly'                => 'Amount is :trigger_value',
-    'rule_trigger_amount_more'                   => 'Amount is more than :trigger_value',
-    'rule_trigger_description_starts'            => 'Description starts with ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_description_ends'              => 'Description ends with ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_description_contains'          => 'Description contains ":trigger_value"',
-    'rule_trigger_description_is'                => 'Description is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_from_account_starts_choice'    => 'Source account starts with..',
+    'rule_trigger_from_account_starts'           => 'Source account starts with ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_from_account_ends_choice'      => 'Source account ends with..',
+    'rule_trigger_from_account_ends'             => 'Source account ends with ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_from_account_is_choice'        => 'Source account is..',
+    'rule_trigger_from_account_is'               => 'Source account is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_from_account_contains_choice'  => 'Source account contains..',
+    'rule_trigger_from_account_contains'         => 'Source account contains ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_to_account_starts_choice'      => 'Destination account starts with..',
+    'rule_trigger_to_account_starts'             => 'Destination account starts with ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_to_account_ends_choice'        => 'Destination account ends with..',
+    'rule_trigger_to_account_ends'               => 'Destination account ends with ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_to_account_is_choice'          => 'Destination account is..',
+    'rule_trigger_to_account_is'                 => 'Destination account is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_to_account_contains_choice'    => 'Destination account contains..',
+    'rule_trigger_to_account_contains'           => 'Destination account contains ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_transaction_type_choice'       => 'Transaction is of type..',
-    'rule_trigger_amount_less_choice'            => 'Amount is less than..',
-    'rule_trigger_amount_exactly_choice'         => 'Amount is..',
-    'rule_trigger_amount_more_choice'            => 'Amount is more than..',
-    'rule_trigger_description_starts_choice'     => 'Description starts with..',
-    'rule_trigger_description_ends_choice'       => 'Description ends with..',
-    'rule_trigger_description_contains_choice'   => 'Description contains..',
-    'rule_trigger_description_is_choice'         => 'Description is..',
+    'rule_trigger_transaction_type'              => 'Transaction is of type ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_category_is_choice'            => 'Category is..',
+    'rule_trigger_category_is'                   => 'Category is ":trigger_value"',
+    'rule_trigger_amount_less_choice'            => 'Amount is less than..',
+    'rule_trigger_amount_less'                   => 'Amount is less than :trigger_value',
+    'rule_trigger_amount_exactly_choice'         => 'Amount is..',
+    'rule_trigger_amount_exactly'                => 'Amount is :trigger_value',
+    'rule_trigger_amount_more_choice'            => 'Amount is more than..',
+    'rule_trigger_amount_more'                   => 'Amount is more than :trigger_value',
+    'rule_trigger_description_starts_choice'     => 'Description starts with..',
+    'rule_trigger_description_starts'            => 'Description starts with ":trigger_value"',
+    'rule_trigger_description_ends_choice'       => 'Description ends with..',
+    'rule_trigger_description_ends'              => 'Description ends with ":trigger_value"',
+    'rule_trigger_description_contains_choice'   => 'Description contains..',
+    'rule_trigger_description_contains'          => 'Description contains ":trigger_value"',
+    'rule_trigger_description_is_choice'         => 'Description is..',
+    'rule_trigger_description_is'                => 'Description is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_budget_is_choice'              => 'Budget is..',
+    'rule_trigger_budget_is'                     => 'Budget is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_tag_is_choice'                 => '(A) tag is..',
+    'rule_trigger_tag_is'                        => 'A tag is ":trigger_value"',
     'rule_trigger_has_attachments_choice'        => 'Has at least this many attachments',
     'rule_trigger_has_attachments'               => 'Has at least :trigger_value attachment(s)',
     'rule_trigger_store_journal'                 => 'When a transaction is created',
     'rule_trigger_update_journal'                => 'When a transaction is updated',
     'rule_trigger_has_no_category_choice'        => 'Has no category',
+    'rule_trigger_has_no_category'               => 'Transaction has no category',
     'rule_trigger_has_any_category_choice'       => 'Has a (any) category',
+    'rule_trigger_has_any_category'              => 'Transaction has a (any) category',
     'rule_trigger_has_no_budget_choice'          => 'Has no budget',
+    'rule_trigger_has_no_budget'                 => 'Transaction has no budget',
     'rule_trigger_has_any_budget_choice'         => 'Has a (any) budget',
+    'rule_trigger_has_any_budget'                => 'Transaction has a (any) budget',
     'rule_trigger_has_no_tag_choice'             => 'Has no tag(s)',
+    'rule_trigger_has_no_tag'                    => 'Transaction has no tag(s)',
     'rule_trigger_has_any_tag_choice'            => 'Has one or more (any) tags',
+    'rule_trigger_has_any_tag'                   => 'Transaction has one or more (any) tags',
     'rule_action_set_category'                   => 'Set category to ":action_value"',
     'rule_action_clear_category'                 => 'Clear category',
     'rule_action_set_budget'                     => 'Set budget to ":action_value"',