Reconciliation problem

[Maf. King]

On Sunday 03 January 2010 20:19:47 Ken Heard wrote:

> My trouble began yesterday when I tried yesterday and today to complete
> the reconciliation as of 9 April 2009.  The ending balance on the Visa
> statement as of that date was $32.09.  After checking off the
> corresponding entries in the reconciliation window, the "Reconciled
> Balance" shows -$20.07, which is indeed the balance of the Visa payables
> account as of the date of the statement.
>
> However, the "Difference" is given as $52.16, which is wrong.  All the
> entries are correct and accounted for; I checked them umpteen times.  I
> was also able to reconcile the account manually.

Hi Ken,

52.16 = 32.09 - (-20.07), so I think that GC can still do the math.  How 
the -$20.07 arises is the question!  

>
> The application gave the "Starting Balance" as $53.55.  Where would this
> number come from?  It does not correspond to any number -- or a multiple
> or a dividend of it -- in either the Visa payables account or the Visa
> statements.
>
> Would anybody know what caused this problem and how to solve it?

My guess is that sometime since you got March to reconcile, you have altered 
or deleted a (split of a) transaction affecting your GC Visa register, in the 
months you had reconciled (ie opening balance, jan feb or march).

It is a pain, but if you go back and manually de-reconcile the earlier months 
(click on the R column, and confirm in the dialogue box) and you start the 
reconcile over, you should find the changed txn.  (you may be able to do this 
by inspection, too)

HTH,
Maf.


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