Starting Balance?

[Tony Nelson]

Hi Derek,

Really?

It is showing me a difference of more the $13,000.  It seems to me that
there must be a way to get that difference field to equal 0.  

--Tony

On Wed, 2008-04-09 at 17:41 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Quoting Tony Nelson <tonyn at openlearning.com>:
> 
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am trying to start using Gnucash beginning with the start of my fiscal
> > year (10-01-07).  I entered an opening balance (dated 9/30/07) and then
> > entered all checking account transactions for the month.
> >
> > Now when I attempt to reconcile the check register I am way off because
> > it expects a starting balance of $0.00 and there is not obvious way to
> > get the reconciliation program to recognized my real starting balance.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Ignore the starting balance.  What's it's telling you is that your
> RECONCILED starting balance is $0, which is correct, because it's
> your first reconciliation.  Just enter the correct ending balance
> for the statement date and be sure to reconcile your starting balance
> transaction.
> 
> > Thanks!
> > --tony
> 
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
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> 
> -derek
>