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Checking Account Ending Balances

Since I've begun paying bills on line, my checking account shows two balances at the bottom of the register; current balance and ending balance. I assume it's the current balance that flows to the summary of all accounts that appears to the left on my setup.

Q1) Is this correct? Is it the current balance rather than ending since current doesn't reflect those electronic payments I've entered that aren't actuially deducted yet?

Q2) Can I change the program so the summaries reflect the ending balances even if the checks haven't cleared? As far as I'm concerned... that money is gone! (I'm not ruinning a business and that level of cash management is not important to me.)

Reply to
jaygreg
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What I'm about to tell you works on Q06 Basic. But it should be the same on all recent editions.

Right click on the list of balances on the left (others may choose to have the list show up on the right). You'll get a relatively long menu of options. One is to choose which balance to show -- current or ending.

As that TV chef used to say: Very simple; very easy.

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DP

"jaygreg" wrote

You don't say what version of Quicken you are using; I'll have to deduce.

Every non-investment account should shows ending balances at the foot of the register, regardless of whether you are downloading to the account. If you download, however, you should see an additional balance: "online balance".

The "current balance" is the balance that shows in the register alongside the most recent transaction on or before today (when the register is sorted by transaction date); the net amount of all transactions through today.

It's whichever of the two balances (current or ending) you choose.

Yes; right-click in the Account Bar (on the left in your display; it can be on the right), and left-click on "Show ending balance in bar".

[In reports: choose "Earliest to date" to get "current balance"; chose "Include all dates" to get "ending balance".]
Reply to
John Pollard

Thanks to both of you. I knew it would be something simple. Thaks again. Now I can sleep nights.

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jaygreg

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