How to brute force correct a reconciliation

John Ralls jralls at ceridwen.us
Fri Apr 3 09:34:21 EDT 2015


> On Apr 2, 2015, at 10:17 PM, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> 
> John Ralls wrote:
>> 
>>> 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?
>> 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
>> 
> 
> I think there is a button on the toolbar marked "Balance"

I think you're thinking of the Balance button on the Reconcile Window's toolbar. That will indeed create an adjustment transaction.

Regards,
John Ralls




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