[GNC] How to set up Standing Order/Direct Debit with different first amount in GnuCash

[Liz]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:35:41 -0000
"Alan A Holmes" <alan at alanaholmes.me.uk> wrote:

> I'm currently trying to set up a scheduled transaction for a rates
> bill, where there are a total of 8 payments, with the 1st payment a
> different amount to the other 7. Quicken used to allow this as a
> feature of setting up a standing order, but the only way I've found
> to do this in GnuCash so far is to set up 2 scheduled transaction,
> the first for 1 month and the second for 7 months. I've looked
> through the various documents but not found another way. Is there
> another better/easier way of doing this in GnuCash?

That's one option, the other is to make the payments identical. Use the
notify system to advise you when they are posted, and then edit the
first one to the correct amount.
As I guess the first instalment is the highest, you may not prefer that
one.

Liz