reconciling

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

There are two things going on here.  First is the QIF import.  The
importer will attempt to match transactions based on accounts,
amounts, and date-range.  So long as the date it clears the bank
(which is the date the BANK sees it) is within some threshold of the
date you entered into gnucash, the matcher will think it's the same
and let you manually say "yes, this is a duplicate".

Then there is the reconcile process, which is a manual process where
gnucash lists all the transactions in the account and you get the
option to click which ones are on your monthly statement.  In that
case the dates really don't matter for the process.

-derek

Matt Funk <mafunk at nmsu.edu> writes:

> Hi,
>
> i had a (probably pretty simple/stupid) question.
>
> The problem/question is this:
> say that i bought some groceries for $50 where groceries is an expense 
> account. And say i pay for it with a check that comes out of my checking 
> account.
>
> So far no problem. Both acounts get credited/debited.
> However, say now that i download the account statement from my bank and i try 
> to import it to the checking account i have in gnucash.
>
> How does gnucash reconcile the bank statement with the already existing 
> entry/entires (done manually) in the checking account account?
>
> or should i wait to credit the checking account and use a temporary account 
> (imbalance)?
>
> thanks
> mat
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