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

[David T.]

This was what I was proposing with the reconcile/pay process.

Quicken apparently predicts how much money a user plans to spend and 
tells you what it thinks you are going to owe based on the scheduled 
(i.e., hypothetical) transaction. GnuCash, however, follows a more 
traditional accounting path and only tells you about transactions (past, 
present and future) that you have entered into the books.

Personally, I don't need that Quicken-type of prediction; if I need to 
project my accounts in the future, I will create the necessary 
transactions (past, present and future) to allow me to adjudge the 
financial status. It might be in the OP's best interest to look at some 
of these other suggestions to achieve their goal, albeit in a different 
manner than Quicken's.

On 12/2/2025 7:35 AM, 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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