You could always build and save a transaction report for all credit cards on the one report. Running it at any time will then show the current balance.
Having said that, a real time update of a scheduled transaction would be more than helpful. Geoff +33 6 22 93 00 53 +44 7770 58 48 38 > On 2 Dec 2025, at 09:22, David T. via gnucash-user <[email protected]> > wrote: > > 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> [email protected] >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> ----- >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
