Chris,

Thanks for your reply! I finally found a post that addressed my
problem. I didn't know how to "match an existing transaction." I
posted a copy of the resolution below for anyone else who has the same
problem.

Mike 'Flyin'8' wrote:
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Review the downloaded transactions in checking first. You can change
the
checking account entry to say 'transfer:', but that's not the source of
your
problem. It can say 'credit payment: card x' and be just as accurate,
as
long as 'card x' is the credit card account in question. Accept all the

downloaded transactions after they meet your satisfaction.

After reviewing downloaded transactions in checking, review the ones in
the
credit card account. The transfer/cc payment from checking should be
there,
but not highlighted. The transaction downloaded for the credit card
account
should also be there, but should be highlighted. Click the Change
button,
then the option that says something to the effect of "I want to match
an
existing transaction".


In the resulting list, check the box of the transfer/cc payment from
checking. OK your way out of the process, and the two will then be
linked.


The underlying problem is that, in Money, payments from checking to
credit
card accounts are linked. They apparently are also linked in your own
mind
(that's good). But they are NOT linked as downloaded from your bank.
Each
account downloads its own transactions, and there is no relationship
between
the two accounts, as downloaded.


Does that make sense?
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Your description of 'paid by check' and 'paid as an electronic draft from
checking' is a little confusing. Do you mean you actually wrote a paper
check, and the payee's bank did the ACH thing and just drafted your
account, rather than returning the check? If so, click the 'change' button
on the downloaded transaction and match it to the existing one already in
the register.

If that doesn't work, post back with more details.
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Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

Howdy!

I'm using Microsoft Money 2006. I would like to schedule upcoming
bills paid by check and paid as an electronic draft from checking.
However, if I schedule the bill in the Bill Summary and mark it paid
there, then when I download transaction updates from my bank Money
deducts the payment twice from my checking account balance.

The only way I have found to "resolve" this is to not schedule the bill
and just download the transaction. However, this doesn't let me see my
planned spending for the month and I can't trust my bank balance since
not all of my checks have cleared.

Any ideas? I am not much of an accountant, so maybe I'm missing
something obvious.

Thanks in advance,

Rob