How to set different future amounts for a scheduled transaction.

Question

My utilities payments are all on the equal payment plan, so every year there is an annual adjustment in July, and then a new equal payment for August and following months. I would love to be able to change the amount of the July payment (that's easy) and then change the following month and all future amounts at the same time. Is that possible?

mackim · Answer

Yes, I guess I inadvertently did what you suggest. I marked the July payment as paid and  then edited the next one. I'll know what to do  next time.  Thanks for the clarification.

jacobs · Answer

@mackim You can adjust the payment amount for only the next scheduled transaction, no matter how many you can see in your screen. If you set the register to show Next 60 Days, and you double click to edit the amount of the second upcoming transaction Quicken will jump to be editing the next transaction, not the second one. So typically you must mark the next one as paid (even if it's in the future), edit the amount of the transaction because it's no longer connected to the scheduled transaction, and then double-click the scheduled transaction and Edit All Instances to change the amount for future months.

In @RickO's solution to a future price change following a one-time adjustment, you can edit the recurring series for the payment amount which will take place starting in two months, then do the amount ovverride for the next month, and tackle both at one time.

mackim · Answer

Thanks, that’s helpful. I discovered another way that worked, which was to set my register display to show 60 days ahead. That allowed both entries to be displayed at the same time. So I was able to change the July amount and then the repeating amount starting in August. However, I think your solution is a better one.