Scheduled Transactions Starting at a Past Date

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

On Sonntag, 30. Dezember 2018 03:04:47 CET Rudolf Schmidt wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I like to gui of kmymoney and would like to consider it for my business.
> 
> I need to create a scheduled transaction that is starting at the past.
> Is that possible in the current version 5.0.2?

Yes. But I am not sure if that helps in your case (see below).

> For what I need that?
> 
> Consider the case that you have a monthly subscription, for example a
> kind of leasing. You have to pay every month 500 USD but you pay not
> every month the exact amount of money. So now you need to double check
> with your bank account if you have paid more or less that your
> obligation of 500 USD in total.
> 
> So I would love to create something like
> 
> 500 USD starting at 01.01.2016 until 01.01.2019 as a Liability to my vendor.

Are the 500 an expense or some asset transaction (partially an amortization)? The date range is not a problem, the important part is to the financial transactions right.

> In my bank account I check against that Liability so that hopefully the
> amount is zero.
> 
> 
> Hope its clear.

Not 100% right now. Are you tracking all transactions in your bank account with KMyMoney?

p.s. I am missing the "Impressum" on your web-site :)

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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