Reconciling an account

[Dean Gibson]

I misspoke.  I meant the ending date.  When I change the ending date to 
match the statement, that gives me the corresponding ending balance, 
every time, so I don't have to adjust it (assuming I've downloaded all 
the bank/CC transactions).

My only "complaint" with the GnuCash reconciliation process, is that if 
there is a debit balance in a liability reconciliation, I don't get the 
additional window at the end of the reconciliation, which allows me to 
transfer the balance to another account.  I have to generate that 
transaction manually (a very tiny amount of extra work).

On 2017-06-05 12:10, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi Dean,
> 
> On Mon, June 5, 2017 2:52 pm, Dean Gibson wrote:
>> Make sure that the reconciliation "beginning date" is the same as that on your statement.  A different date will create a different beginning balance.
> 
> This is not correct.  You cannot change the beginning date.  That date is the "closing" date from your last reconcile.  GnuCash tries to figure out the correct closing date based on the last two reconciles.  The EXACT date only affects GnuCash's proposed ending balance, and will affect the next suggested closing date.  It has very little other meaning.
> 
> So yes, you should correct the ending date, and verify the starting date. But if the starting date is wrong there's nothing you can do about it.
> 
>>     In any case, don't change the balance manually, unless you have a good reason to.
> 
> This is ABSOLUTELY wrong.  You should ABSOLUTELY change the ending balance to match the correct balance from your statement!  You may have entries in your books that didn't clear (e.g. a check that hasn't been deposited yet) that will affect your balance but wont be on the statement.
> 
> So sorry, you should absolutely change the ending balance in the reconcile dialog to be the correct balance from your statement.  Then when you check off the items you'll ensure your books and the bank books are in sync.