[GNC] Scheduling Monthly Transactions for Full Credit Card Balances?

[Mark Penner]

Sep 10, 2025 04:02:13 Tom Route-36 <tom.route36 at gmail.com>:

> The one thing that I don't like though is that GnuCash already includes the concept of Scheduled Transactions. It seems like there should be an easy way to tap into that feature to keep track of how large a checking account balance will be needed -- in real time -- to pay off those upcoming credit card bills.  And I'd like to be able to do that without having to enter future transactions into the checking account register to keep track of that.

I use scheduled transactions that get created on the statement date, but future-dated to the date when it is due. For a value I just have something that's an average of past values and edit it when I get the statement. Depending when the credit card company processes each transaction, that may not match my records of the balance on that date anyway.

You could also look into making a report that just shows your checking and credit card accounts, to see how they compare.