Starting balance off

[Derek Atkins]

A long shot, but search your .log files for entries with recn=y and see if
any correspond with this account?  Note tat this is definitely going way
far under the covers but might point you in the right direction.

I highky recommend you reset the warnings.  Gnucash will warn you if you
try to modify a reconciled txn, but you can override and make the warnings
go away in the future.  This probably is what bit you.

Good luck,

-derek

On Sun, August 12, 2012 8:33 am, Fuchs Ira wrote:
> Not a silly question. Yes, it is an interest bearing account and yes I did
> enter the interest (it would not have reconciled without it
the Finish
> button will not be enabled unless the difference is 0.00). The only thing
> I can think of is that somehow one transaction (and unfortunately it
> doesn't have to be the previous month) was changed and that the starting
> balance changed as a result. However, to find this change I would need to
> go back and recheck every transaction for this account (over one year)
> which is not feasible. It would be great if there were a log entry for a
> reconciled transaction which was changed i.e.,  if the user overrides the
> warning). Of course, I don't recall making any such change so this is just
> speculation but I don't know how the balance could be off otherwise, given
> that I reconciled the account last month.
>
> On Aug 12, 2012, at 1:08 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>
>> It is difficult to give a short answer to a question like this.
>> Actually, it is easier to ask a few questions.
>>
>> Can you look at the register balance and see the same error amount
>> there?  If so, how about a month or more earlier?
>>
>> When you look at the reconciliation lists of unreconciled deposits and
>> withdrawals do you see any transactions with  dates earlier than the
>> current month?
>>
>> Are there any reconciled transactions with dates after the
>> reconciliation date?
>>
>> If you look under Actions:Reset Warnings.. do you find any warnings that
>> have been disabled?  That can make some errors easier to make
>> accidentally.
>>
>> Perhaps other users can think of more questions.
>>
>> David C
>> From: Fuchs Ira <irafuchs at gmail.com>
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Sent: Sat, August 11, 2012 10:48:04 PM
>> Subject: Starting balance off
>>
>> I reconciled my checking account last month and now when I go to
>> reconcile the account for this month, the starting balance differs from
>> the ending balance of the previous month by $.30. How is this possible?
>> Given this discrepancy, I can no longer reconcile the account unless I
>> enter a fictitious transaction (or change a reconciled transaction) to
>> make it balance, obviously not a good idea.  I double-checked all of the
>> reconciled transactions from the previous month to make sure that
>> nothing had changed after the reconciliation and they are correct. I
>> just don't understand how the starting balance can differ from the
>> previous month's reconciled ending balance.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>>
>>
>>
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