Thanks for the help - now about importing

[Matt Burkhardt]

On Wed, 2008-05-07 at 18:04 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Quoting Matt Burkhardt <mlb at imparisystems.com>:
> 
> > I'm trying to get a fairly large checking register in from Quicken.  I'm
> > just pulling in from 1/1/2007 to present, but I can't get the
> > reconciliation to work.
> >
> > For example, I had a starting balance of $164 - which I put in when I
> > create the account and then point the QIF file to load it into there.  I
> > then try and do a reconcile and it says that I have a beginning balance
> > of -$2,500, so it will never let me reconcile.  How do I fix this?
> 
> So you're saying that on 12/31/2006 you had $164 in the account?
> 

Yes


> What are you putting as your reconcile date and the ending balance
> at that date?


I've tried 1/23/2007 - which is the date of my checking statement with
the amount shown (about $200) and I've also tried 1/1/2007 with $164 as
the ending balance.  But both give me that huge negative amount as the
starting balance.


> 
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> 
> -derek
> 

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