Money 98:Bills in Debt Reduction Planner Aren't in Bill Reminder (177918)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Money 98
  • Microsoft Money 98 Deluxe Edition
  • Microsoft Money 98 Financial Suite

This article was previously published under Q177918

SYMPTOMS

Bills that are managed by the Debt Reduction Planner (DRP) do not show up in the upcoming bills list or the Bill Reminder.

RESOLUTION

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, set the amount field for a bill to some value before letting the DRP take it over.

To fix the problem on a per account basis, follow these steps:
  1. Click Planner on the navigation bar.
  2. Click Goal Planner, and then click Take Action.
  3. In the list of bills, click to clear the bill's check box.
  4. Click Keep Bill when prompted with the following message:

    Money is currently managing this debt payment for you. Do you want to have Money stop managing it, and remove the existing bill from the Bill Calendar?

  5. Click Bills on the navigation bar.
  6. Click to select the bill and then click Edit Bill.
  7. Enter any value in the Amount box, and then click OK.

    NOTE: The Debt Reduction Planner (DRP) changes this value.
  8. On the navigation bar, click Planner.
  9. Click Goal Planner, and then click Take Action.
  10. In the list of bills, click to select the bill's check box that you cleared earlier.
  11. Click Yes when prompted with the following message:

    Money sees that you've already setup a payment for this bill in the Bill Calendar. Do you want to replace the existing bill with one that the Debt Planner will manage? Click Yes to replace the existing bill. Click No to keep the existing bill, and have the Debt Planner add new bill to the Bill Calendar. Click Cancel to go back to the Debt Planner without changing any bills.

  12. Click Bills on the navigation bar.
  13. Verify that the bill shows up in the Bill Reminder.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:1/5/2005
Keywords:kbbug kbMoneyPlanner kbpending KB177918