Reconcilliation Woes

[Richard Gilligan]

On Apr 3, 2005, at 7:26 PM, Rich Shepard wrote:

>   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."

What do you do to "manually fix" this?

Is the balance always off by the same amount?

If you do View->sort Order->Statement Date do you see any unreconciled 
transactions at the top that are not in your current statement period?

I have been using reconcile on several accounts for a few years now. 
Eventually, I have always been able to get the balances to agree.

-RGG
>
>   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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