Unbalanced balance sheet

[Derrick Ashby]

Derek,

I was suspecting that the problem had something to do with the share 
portfolio.  I think the problem may have to do with a "stock split" I 
entered - actually a 10 to 1 consolidation.  This involved the number of 
issued shares being reduced by 90%, which effectively revalued the 
shares by a factor of 10.  I followed the instructions provided, but 
given what you say,   do I have to do something else to get the balance 
sheet to balance? I might say that I experimentaly removed all the share 
portfolio transactions from the file, but the balance sheet still did 
not balance.  Are there hidden transactions involved that can't be undone?

Derrick

>Mark Eackloff <meackloff at cox.net> writes:
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>>This happened to me recently.  I determined that it was caused by an
>>unbalanced entry.  Yes, that's right.  Apparently it is possible to
>>enter only one side of a transaction.  I'm not sure if that's a
>>"feature" or a bug.
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>The only way I know of to enter unbalanced transactions is via the OFX
>Import process.  I (still) consider that a bug, but it has not (yet)
>been fixed.  :(
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>However, that's not the only way to cause a balance-sheet imbalance.
>Another way is not accounting for capital gains/losses when you sell a
>commodity other than your report-currency.  Gnucash 1.8 does not
>properly account for the change-in-value of commodities, which means
>your balance sheet will be out of balance.
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>-derek
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