How to brute force correct a reconciliation

[John Ralls]

> On Apr 2, 2015, at 5:08 PM, C. Andrews Lavarre <alavarre at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I've spent several hours searching for this to no avail.
> 
> There must be a way to tell it "Yes, I screwed up somewhere along the
> way, here is the correct balance number, pay no attention to all that
> math, I assume full responsibility."
> 
> Or is there?
> 
> I've tried deleting splits, deleting transactions, entering new opening
> balances, you name it.
> 
> What I finally did is to rename the account to ...Trash, create a new (zero opening balance) account and move the transactions there.
> 
> Which worked. At the cost of a bit of time
> 
> But if there were a quick and dirty way to tell it that yes I screwed up but this really is the correct number then life would be a lot
> better.
> 
> Thanks in advance, yes I've read every thing at
> 
> 	http://tinyurl.com/nwn4ut9
> 
> and a lot more. Not looking for a PhD in GnuCash, just trying to do my
> taxes on time.
> 
> Thanks in advance and for an excellent program, sorry I have failed
> it... Mea culpa Father, may I have forgiveness and a *reconciliation*?

Andy,

The usual way to do that is to enter an "adjustment" transaction that brings the balance into line. I'd suggest having an account in Equity called "Adjustments" (though you can use something saltier if you like) as the counter-account.

Regards,
John Ralls