Reconcilling accounts

[Derek Atkins]

Rich Shepard <rshepard at twodogs.us> writes:

>     Are there docs available for the reconcilliation process? My gnucash
> checking account does not balance with my bank statement, but the paper
> check register is in balance. I must have done something wrong in clearing
> the transactions in gnucash and reading how to do this properly would help.

I'm fairly sure there are some docs in the standard gnucash docs.  But
the reconcile process is pretty straightforward.  You start from a
known balance, and then mark off each transaction that matches the
transactions on your paper statement.  At the end you should have a
one-to-one mapping and the ending balance should match.

So, does the opening balance for the month match your statement?  If
not, then go back in time until it does.  If the opening balance matches
then make sure all your transactions match.

-derek
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