I have reminders built to enter all of my recurring bills.  That wasn't what I was suggesting is missing from QB.  Bills are not usually due the day that they are entered - they are due on the due date, which is in the future.  Once you create the bill from the recurring template and update the bill information for that month, including the due date in the future (21 days from now for example), it doesn't automatically remind you when the bill is due.  On the other hand, QB Desktop does because there is a "Bills to Pay" section that is automatically added as a reminder when you create the bill from the memorized transaction.

What I am suggesting is that the dashboard would be more useful if there was an option to configure the Expenses section to show expenses for the year in paid and unpaid, as opposed to categorizing them by type.  That doesn't make any difference to me on the dashboard, but seeing that I had unpaid bills would.