[GNC] How to setup a Scheduled Transaction for full current Credit Card Balance?

[Sherlock]

Hi Stan,

The solution you have described calls for entering the scheduled 
transactions into the registers months in advance and correcting the 
transactions with the actual amounts, etc. when they're known.  This 
probably works well for automated transactions.  Any future transactions 
requiring a user action to be actualized need to be managed appropriately.

Similarly, it shouldn't be too difficult to maintain the future credit 
card payment transaction.  The amount could be manually updated to 
reflect the running balance on the future close date.  Then, the running 
balance in the payment register could be reviewed to determine if a 
transfer of funds is required.

I'll be sticking with my implementation.

Regards,

Sherlock


On 12/1/25 6:05 PM, Stan Brown (using GC 4.14) wrote:
> On 2025-12-01 18:00, Sherlock wrote:
>> The running balances in the account don't include scheduled transactions
>> and the only known date of a balance on Accounts tab is today (present).
>>   So, No.  In my opinion, they don't suffice.
> 
> But do they need to be _scheduled_ transactions? When my credit card
> statement comes in, I check it against my records, then enter a
> transaction dated on the day the payment will be made, since I now know
> the exact amounts. That keeps both my checking account and my credit
> card account up to date for all past _and_ known future transactions. So
> I can look at either account's register and see what the balance will be
> on any desired date.
> 
> Stan Brown
> Tehachapi, CA, USA
> https://BrownMath.com
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