Income Statement does not balance

[Frank H. Ellenberger]

Hi Mark,

Am Freitag, 19. August 2011 um 06:54:35 schrieb Mark:
> Hi All
>
> We are trying to  figure out what could possibly cause the Income
> Statement report not to balance. We have a total of 257,312.07 for Total
> Revenue, 198,436.14 for Total Expenses and "Net income for Period" of
> 60,123.33.
>
> Now, using my trusty desktop calculator, I find that
> 257312.07-198436.14=58,875.93
>
> The trial balance balances balance. The Balance Sheet (eguile) also
> agrees with my desktop calculator and gives 58875.93 as total retained
> earnings.
>
> I would have thought that Gnucash would simply have done the above
> simple calculation, but it seems that there is something else at play in
> the income statement report. Any suggestions?
>
> I am using version 2.4.5 running on a postgresql backend.
>
> Thanks for any pointers.

Are you using foreign currencies or other commodities? 
If yes, are all reports using the same price source?
In recent versions you could enable trading accounts.

Another direction: Same result, if using the xml backend?

> Regards
> Stumped

Frank