I'm using Quicken Classic Deluxe for Windows, Version R69.53.
This is the same issue as in these posts:
I've tried the budget planning feature off and on for the last 10 years and never found it accurate, but now I'm planning for retirement, and budgeting is paramount to success. I use the calendar view religiously for forecasting, and that's where I typically set up my reminders.
I spent a day cleaning up categories and making sure the budget reflected what was in my calendar. But I kept noticing missing income and expenses around long months. Our paychecks are every two weeks on Thursday and Friday, and for 2027, my first paycheck is 1/1/27, and my wife's is 1/14/27. So there are paychecks on 1/1, 1/14, 1/15, 1/28, 1/29, and so on.
All of the paychecks show and calculate correctly in the calendar. But as you can see in the screenshot of the budget, Feb, July, and December are missing paychecks:
You can also see that Groceries, budgeted at $200 per week and entered on Sunday starting 1/3/27, are also missing transactions. Jan has 5 Sundays; Feb has 4, but Feb is missing an entry. The rest of the year looks fine.
After hours of searching the internet for a solution, the ONLY workaround is to enter the transactions in the month that contains the extra paychecks or expenses and then update the transactions when time.
I've used Quicken since 1987 and have looked for alternatives many times because of bugs, but Quicken fits my workflow, and switching to another product means giving up something. This, however, is making me look seriously for another product. This issue has been going on for well over 10 years, and it's simple math!
I'm working on reaching out to Eric Dunn to make sure he knows about this. Quicken has lost hundreds of customers, at least, and has garnered a reputation for not caring about its customers and not knowing how to fix its product. You guys are adding features while ignoring other bugs.
This needs to be fixed, and it should be the highest priority after security fixes because the bug is so old.
Let me know what other information you need to help solve this.
My renewal is 11/18. Make me want to spend the $107 to renew.
