Reconcilliation Woes

[Rich Shepard]

   I've not been able to get the checking account reconcilliation to work
properly over the past couple of years. This afternoon I re-read Section 4.5
of the online help manual, but that contains discrepancies in what I see on
the screen and it still leaves the reconcilliation dialog box out of balance.

   My paper check register and gnucash balance with the latest bank statement.
That is, my balance is what the bank shows after adding in uncleared deposits
and subtracting uncleared checks.

   When I go through the account register window and change the 'R' field from
'n' to 'c' for each deposit and withdrawal that has shown up on a statement,
I then use the menu for Actions -> Reconcile and up pops the list widgets
window. All the debits that I marked cleared are noted with a checkmark in
the 'R' column. Same with credits. However, the cleared total does not match
the amount on the last statement and the balance is off by a couple of
hundred dollars. I manually fix that so the difference shows as $0.00, then
run "final."

   This has been the case with 1.8.4, 1.8.9, 1.8.11 (the version I'm now
using) and probably earlier. I don't understand why there is a difference
when each transaction matches state with both the bank and the paper
register. I'd appreciate someone explaining the reason. It's not a critical
flaw but a minor annoyance. As long as the balance on the account register
matches the paper copy and the bank, I'm happy.

TIA,

Rich

-- 
Dr. Richard B. Shepard, President
Applied Ecosystem Services, Inc. (TM)
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