Best practice for uncashed cheques?

[Robert Heller]

At Sat, 27 Oct 2012 11:41:43 -0400 gnucash-user at gnucash.org wrote:

> 
> How do folks handle cheques they wrote a while ago but which remain 
> uncashed for a while?
> 
> Up until now I've been leaving them in the register with the original 
> date written on the cheque, but I'm having increasing trouble figuring 
> out where the missing money is when I go to reconcile with downloaded 
> transactions from the bank and my current balance doesn't match my 
> cleared balance.
> 
> I've been toying with the idea of moving the dates forward for these 
> cheques to the next business day after I import/reconcile. That better 
> reflects the current reality -- those cheques could be cashed any time 
> in the future, so my current balance is correct and my future balance 
> best predicts the worst case scenario. Also, the act of finding and 
> advancing the cheques gives me a chance to chase down the person I wrote 
> them to and, if needed, gently remind them to cash my cheque.

You probably should not alter the dates on the checks.  It is afterall
the date you wrote on the check.

> 
> But it's a pain to do this -- is there any way to automate it?
> 
> - Marc
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