Reconciliation: Incorrect Starting Balance

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Tom Purl <tom at tompurl.com>:

> OS: Linux
> GC Verson: 2.1.2
>
> I have been using GnuCash to manage my checking account for years, and
> reconcile it every month.  However, when I tried to reconcile it this
> month, the "Starting Balance" amount was off by $6.36.  It should have
> been $497.11 (for example), but instead, that amount was $503.47.  When I
> try to reconcile my account, it therefore says that I'm off by $6.36.
>
> The previous month's bank statement had an ending balance of 497.11, and
> I am sure that everything balanced properly that month.  I am really
> perplexed as to why last month's ending balance of of 497.11 then
> "turned into" this month's "reconciled" value of 503.47.  I also checked
> every 6.36 transaction that has cleared over the last year, and they all
> are valid.
>
> How do I even begin to troubleshoot or fix this problem?  In the short
> term I guess I can just add a fake 6.36 transaction and then reconcile
> it, but I don't want to have to maintain a bunch of fake transactions in
> the long term.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!

Ignore the starting balance, put in the correct ending balance, and
try to reconcile.  Does that fail?

> Tom Purl

-derek

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