Scheduled Transactions: Variable Utility Bills

[Liz]

On Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:54:54 -0700
Dan Paulat <dpaulat at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to migrate from Quicken to GnuCash for projecting account
> balances.  So far, I am using scheduled transactions, and posting them
> several months early to get a forecast.  This works great for fixed
> bills such as car payments, cable bill, etc., but not so much for my
> electric bill, which can vary anywhere from $60-$400 seasonally.
> Quicken had the option to estimate a variable payment based on the
> time of year, and I believe used the previous year's bill of the same
> month to calculate approximately how much I will owe.  Are there any
> good ways of doing this in GnuCash?
> 
> Thanks in advance!

If you set up 12 scheduled transactions (one for each month) or 4
transactions (one for each quarter) you can use different predictions
for each bill.
I don't know that Gnucash can make a prediction on last year's account + a fraction
but perhaps you should put some input into the budgeting thread.

Liz