Serious reconciling problem after deleting an reconciled transaction

[David T.]

Robin's tip echoes my own. You don't change the reconcile status in the register; you change it when you reconcile.

David

--- On Thu, 1/7/10, Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Serious reconciling problem after deleting an reconciled  transaction
> To: "yetanother" <ereeder at mailup.net>
> Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Thursday, January 7, 2010, 1:41 PM
> I've done this several times before
> while I was getting up and running in
> GnuCash.
> 
> Re-reconcile the checking account (ignore the starting
> balance). When you
> see the reconcile window, your $20 will appear on the right
> and mark that
> transaction and that should bring the reconcile window into
> balance.
> 
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:05 PM, yetanother <ereeder at mailup.net>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> > I have a somewhat similar problem.  I reconciled
> my checking account ($0
> > difference) and then imported transactions to a credit
> card account.  One
> > of
> > the credit card transactions was a payment from my
> checking account (This
> > checking account transaction had been
> reconciled).  Let's say it was for
> > $20.
> >
> > The description (payee) field was slightly different
> between what I had
> > manually entered in the checking account and in the
> imported credit card
> > transaction.  I missed this (mistake #1) and the
> transaction was entered as
> > a new withdrawal from my checking account, instead of
> matching up with the
> > reconciled one.
> >
> > Mistake #2 was when I noticed the duplicate payments
> in my checking account
> > and I deleted the reconciled transaction instead of
> the newly added one.
> >
> > Now when I attempt to reconcile I am off by the amount
> of the credit card
> > payment ($20).  The "new" $20 transaction is
> there in my checking account
> > register, but I can't mark it as reconciled, nor can I
> replace it with the
> > reconciled transaction that I mistakenly deleted (at
> least I don't know
> > how).  If I mark it as not cleared, my balance is
> correct, but the books
> > really aren't.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > David T. wrote:
> > >
> > > I believe that if you ignore the incorrect
> opening balance and reconcile
> > > to the closing balance, everything should work
> out fine.
> > >
> > > Of course, I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > David
> > >
> > >
> > > --- On Wed, 8/6/08, Scott Simpson <simpson100 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > >> From: Scott Simpson <simpson100 at gmail.com>
> > >> Subject: Serious reconciling problem after
> deleting an reconciled
> > >> transaction
> > >> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> > >> Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 7:59 PM
> > >> I had a transaction that was listed as
> $28.50. I reconciled
> > >> it in the
> > >> previous month. However, it was actually
> incorrect so I
> > >> deleted it and
> > >> entered $2850.00 instead (that is, I deleted
> a reconciled
> > >> transaction). Now I can't reconcile my
> statement
> > >> because my starting
> > >> balance is incorrect and it won't allow me to
> edit the
> > >> starting
> > >> balance in the reconcile window.
> Additionally, I have no
> > >> way of
> > >> putting the $28.50 transaction back and
> setting it to
> > >> reconcile 'y'
> > >> since the UI won't allow me to change it that
> way. I
> > >> wish I had never
> > >> deleted it and gotten myself into this
> pickle.
> > >>
> > >> How is the starting balance computed and how
> can I fix
> > >> this? Thank you.
> > >>
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