Scheduled Bill/Transaction Every XXX Days (where XXX > 99 days) Q Mac

dioxide45
dioxide45 Quicken Mac Subscription Member ✭✭✭
edited November 29 in New to Quicken/Getting Started (Mac)

I was trying to setup a payment to be paid every 120 days. The problem is that the field to enter the number of days only accepts two digits. So the highest I can set it is 99 days. I've tried using every 4 months but this causes issues when making the payment because the next payment might be a few days after it is really due and I need to go in and manually change it to avoid paying late.

Is there any way around this or a way to request that the field accept 3 digits?

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  • Jon
    Jon Quicken Mac Subscription SuperUser, Mac Beta Beta
    edited October 23

    Every 120 days is a really odd billing schedule.

    It looks to me like that field only takes 2 digits no matter what schedule you're on - daily, weekly, monthly, etc.

    The best way to request a change is to create an idea thread over in the Product Ideas area.

  • M$D
    M$D Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭

    Every 17 weeks would get you really close (119 days), and you wouldn't be late

  • John_in_NC
    John_in_NC Quicken Mac Subscription SuperUser, Mac Beta Beta

    Hi, @dioxide45

    Yes, you should be able to work around this. And I agree with @Jon that 3 times a year is an odder payment schedule (360/120=3.)

    I would set this up as 3 separate repeating annual transactions. Set up the first with the details. Then duplicate that, and set the payment for the second date, and then the third for the final payment.

  • Jon
    Jon Quicken Mac Subscription SuperUser, Mac Beta Beta

    @John_in_NC The thing that I thought was so odd is that every 120 days isn't exactly 3 times a year, it's 5 or 6 days short of that; every year the payments will get pulled forward almost a week earlier than the year before. Every 4 months would give you exactly 3 times a year but they have said that isn't the required schedule.

  • John_in_NC
    John_in_NC Quicken Mac Subscription SuperUser, Mac Beta Beta
    edited October 29
    https://community.quicken.com/discussion/comment/20518296#Comment_20518296

    (I think the mismatch here is the old school calculations between 3 times a year before computers ((when accountants used 360 days a year for easier calculations)) and now when when us regular people use 365 days a year with each month figured in and what Quicken/some banks use.)

    Time will tell if it is truly every 120 days or actually every 4 months.

    But the 3 individual schedtransx should be a safe route so they pop up on time.

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