possible to see into the future with scheduled transactions

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On Thursday 20 September 2007 21:34:24 B Walker wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:08:59 -0500
>
> "Alan Hartless" <harty83 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I was wondering if anyone has a convenient way that they "see
> > into the future" concerning scheduled transactions and where
> > the account balance will be after that transaction occurs?
> >
> > MS Money would show the account balance after a bill occurred. 
> > I want to do something similar in GnuCash.  That way I can look
> > through to the end of the month and see an estimate of the
> > account balance after all my scheduled bills/deposits have been
> > made.
>
> Well, I do it a bit differently, but I'll give you my take. 
> Under my checking account I have several sub accounts (utilities,
> automotive, household, etc) at the beginning of each month I put
> use scheduled transactions to enter my budget amounts into the
> appropriate sub-accounts.  This way the main account shows the
> sum of all sub-accounts (actual balance of checking account) but
> if I open up the checking account register it shows what I'll
> have left over at the end of the month (considering paychecks for
> the month haven't been entered, that can scare ya from spending
> too much ;-).
>
> Bill are paid from subaccounts of checking (even though the
> payment is coming from the checking account).  I also make split
> credit card transactions into four entries, out of asset account
> and into 'CC bill' sub account (so if I'm buying gas, out of
> automotive sub account and into CC Bill sub-account) and another
> pair moving money into appropriate expense account from CC
> liability account.  This way the balance of my CC account is
> already 'taken out' of the checking account even though the money
> hasn't left.
>
> Hope that all makes sense. I know it's not exactly what you were
> looking for, but perhaps it will give you some ideas.

Hey, I like this, now if I can fully understand it after reading it 
several more times, I might try it.

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