Reconcile problems continue

[Jay Ridgley]

Derek & David,

Responses to questions from Dereck embedded below.

I do not think that I have missed a transaction, because the open item total 
agrees with the bank and with GnuCash. It also agrees with a spread sheet that I 
have used for years to track expenditures, I balance my checkbook monthly.

If I mark all existing open items as cleared, then it is ok!


Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, May 27, 2010 5:47 pm, Jay Ridgley wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>>   I tried again to do a reconcile and the result was not as expected. All
>> of the
>> transactions involved had the correct status and the unreconciled amount
>> exactly
>> matched the total of my outstanding checks. Yet the Finish check mark
>> remained
>> grayed out. WHY?
> 
> What is the date on your bank statement?
   5/21/2010
> What is the ending balance on your bank statement?
   11,258.54
> What ending date did you enter at the start of the reconciliation?
   5/26/2010
> What ending balance did you enter at the start of reconcilation?
   4,726.96
> 
> Most likely one of these is incorrect.
> 
> Secondary option:  you missed a transaction (failed to enter something). 
> In this case it would be something that appears on your statement but
> isn't on your account.  Or the reverse -- you've got some transaction
> selected for reconciliation that ISN'T on the statement (and also wasn't
> on any other previous statements either).
> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jay
>> --
> 
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> 
> -derek
> 


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