[GNC] Recurring Monthly bills, How to Auto Post... TFN ?

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Fri, August 13, 2021 2:23 pm, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote:
> Like many we have a number of regular monthly bills.
> Is there a way to have these bills "auto posted" each month?

This is exactly what the Scheduled Transaction system is for.. Assuming
you want to just add a "bill payment transaction."  There is no way to
automate a Business -> Vendor Bill.

> And then have gnu cash add them to the reminders... say on the 1st of each
> month... or what ever appropriate date for the bill?
> Now, in order to have the bill show up in reminders we are...
> Manually creating 12 bills for each monthly account with an estimated
> "due" date and a simple 1-cent balance due.
> Then when that date approaches the bill shows up in the reminders and we
> open it, un-post it, change the amount due, and repost it again.
> Thanks for any help on this.
> PS - maybe this would be called an auto recurring bill... or whatever.

If you really want a recurring Business -> Vendor Bill, see
https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=114421

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-derek

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