reconciliation problem

[Matthew Vanecek]

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On Fri, 2002-10-25 at 00:04, Wes Sheldahl wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 23, 2002 at 08:19:49PM -0500, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> > On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 11:40, Wes Sheldahl wrote:
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> > > Hi,
> > > I'm using GnuCash 1.6.6, and have a problem reconciling my bank
> > > account with my bank's account statement. Essentially, my bank's
> > > starting balance and my starting balance as recorded in GnuCash
> > > don't match. How do I find and correct the problem? Is there any way
> > > to review the prior month in GnuCash to see confirm that it was
> > > right last month? I thought that it reconciled correctly last month.
> > > Also, is it possible that I changed a reconciled transaction, thus
> > > causing it to longer match the bank statement after it had been
> > > reconciled? Does GnuCash give any warnings if I were to attempt
> > > this?
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> > > Many thanks for your answers and general suggestions.
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> > You're starting balance is a result of how you reconciled your account
> > last month.  Typically you would expect it to match what your bank has.=
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> > If if doesn't, then you may have mis-entered information in your last
> > reconciliation.  It's a matter of going over your last reconciliation
> > and statements again to find the error.  Pure elbow grease, m'friend...
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> > Matthew Vanecek
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> I understand what a starting balance is. I think I probably found a
> way to change a previously reconciled transaction, perhaps from the
> expense side of the transaction.
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> I don't mind the elbow grease, but is there a way to see what
> GnuCash thinks the beginning and ending balance was at the previous
> month's statement date? For the statement two months ago? There
> ought to be a way to narrow down the discrepancy to at least a
> single month's timespan, and then go transaction by transaction
> through that month.
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> Thanks for the suggestions,
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I believe your starting/ending balances are determined at the time of
reconciliation, and are not stored anywhere.  You'll have to search
through last month's transactions to see if you missed one, or changed
one.  I've gone over my accounts like that before--it's a pain, to be
sure.  But there's no way I know of to find a start/end balance history
for a previous reconciliation.
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Matthew Vanecek
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