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It would be so good if we could set the description in the bank rule from any bank statement field. Similar to how we can set the reference from any of the bank statement fields. Or, if using placeholders, have the bank statement fields included in the placeholder selection.

I don't know if this will help anyone, but if the payment always has the same format (i.e. payee = employees name, and description says "payroll week ending [dd mm yy]"), when setting up the bank rule, I like to set up the bank rule so the reference is set to come from the description field. This makes it easier to do the payroll reconciliations when I can see the description that was on the bank statement line and also so I can double check that the rule applied correctly as well

Yes, this would be a very useful and time saving change!
I'd like to see it not only on the description but also on the reference too!

This would be a tiny but mighty update!

I would like to do exactly as described, for Payroll, PAYE/NIC, pensions etc.
NB Months before and after a date would be catered for automatically by the placeholder syntax, eg [month-1] means the previous month

Yes, with the ability to use the month from the transaction date, or the month before / after the transaction date, OR the month/months mentioned in the line description imported from the bank statement.