Unbalanced balance sheet

[Derrick Ashby]

Hello list,

I have a problem with the balance sheet report for my personal accounts. 
It isn't balanced!  Assets is supposed to equal Liabilities + Equity, 
and there is around $1,000 difference (Assets = 71,047.32 and 
Liabilities & Equity = 72,020.10 (Liabilities 6,213.44, Unrealised Gains 
= 39,404.37, Total Equity = 26,402.29 (including Retained Earnings  and 
Net Profit)).  Given that each transaction has to balance as it is 
entered, I can only assume that somewhere along the way I have used 
inappropriate accounts to balance transactions against, but is there a 
good way of working out where?).

Is it a problem that I have purchased a fixed asset with a credit card, 
where 10% of the purchase price is entered as a tax expense  (Asset = 
$748, Liability = $680, GST = $68)?  Well, no, apparently not.  The tax 
component is included in the net profit calculation  as a reduction in 
Equity - I just tested this out in a new blank set of books.

Derrick Ashby