Reconcilliation

[John Ralls]

> On Feb 5, 2015, at 11:45 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Charles,
> 
> When you first start to reconcile and it asks you to enter the reconcile
> date and balance...  Do you manually enter the correct ending balance from
> your paper statement?  Or do you just accept GnuCash's guess?  If the only
> way to complete the process is to have GnuCash add a balancing transaction
> that implies that either:
> 
> 1) the balance you entered into the dialog doesn't match the balance on
> your statement, or
> 2) you're missing transactions.
> 
> If the issue is #1 then you should quit your reconcile process and make
> sure you enter in the correct ending balance from your statement.
> 
> If the issue is #2 then you can either use the Balance function, like
> you're doing, or you can enter in the missing transactions from the
> statement into the register.

No need to cancel the reconcile, just select “Reconcile>Reconcile Information...” from the Reconcile window’s menu and change the Ending Balance to match the statement’s.

Regards,
John Ralls