I spoke too soon... When I click in that area I get a current balance
only. It does not take into account any items remaining on the list.
This is a little better than clicking on the link to "View current
balances" that shows balances from multiple accounts. Unfortunately
that window cannot remain open while selecting/paying bills from the
list.

Nice to know a fix is in the works. Thanks!

That did the trick...I will use that as a workaround. Thanks!

Just had a nice little chat with "Zoe" from Microsoft tech support. The
balance not working correctly in Money 2006 is a known issue, but she assured
me that Microsoft is working diligently to resolve the issue. Once resolved,
an update will become available to correct the problem and help ease our
frustration
Shanon
IT Innovations – Creators of High Quality Custom-Built Software
mail[at]goItInnovations.com


"Dave" wrote:

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I have the same issue and was wondering what gives. I did find that if
I click in the blank area under the bill list I will get a balance
which appears to be the balance after the last item on the list is
paid????

In Money 2005, the Bills Summary screen contained a balance that would
update based on the selected bill(s). In Money 2006, this balance no longer
appears. Does anyone know why this may have gone away or how to re-enable
it?

I am thinking this might have to do with a new feature of Money 2006 ("New!
Manage bills easily. Money 2006 Deluxe allows you to pay multiple bills from
multiple accounts all at once"). That's nice, but what about folks who pay
bills from just one account--say, a checking account? There is a link to
"View current balances" that shows balances from multiple accounts (I have
no idea if this existed in Money 2005) but this is no replacement for the
dynamic balance that existed in Money 2005.

In Money 2005, I could select a schedule deposit (i.e., paycheck), select
one or more bills, and observe what my checking account balance would be if
I entered the bill or bills into the register (prior to actually doing so).
This was one of the reasons I switched from my previous strategy which
involved Quicken plus an Excel spreadsheet (I would do the what-ifs in
Excel, and then enter the actual transactions in Quicken).