Reconciling an account

[Mark Phillips]

I seriously doubt you have found a bug. You probably have a transaction in
GnuCash that does not match the bank's transaction. Digits are transposed,
debits/credits are reversed, a transaction is in the wrong account (so not
in the one you are reconciling) or something like that.

I have had this problem in the past. The best way for me to solve it is to
get away from the computer screen and use paper and pencil to find the
errant transaction(s). In GNUCash, go to Reports (top line menus) and
select Transaction Report. Run a transaction report for the account in
question for the date range in question. Include the option to include the
reconciliation date for each transaction. Print it out. Take a highlighter,
and compare each transaction on the GnuCash report with the bank statement.
Cross out the ones on BOTH sheets of paper that 100% MATCH - be sure the
column for the reconciliation date is blank (or correct for the current
period you are working on) for that transaction, or you have reconciled
that transaction in an earlier reconciliation (an aha - you have found one
error). At the end of this exercise, you should have found the error(s) -
either on the bank or on you. ;) Remember, the $195.14 is the SUM of ALL
the errors in this reconciliation.

Good luck!

Mark

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 5:08 PM, EngineInstitute <info at chinablueart.com>
wrote:

> Colin,
>
> I was thinking it was a version problem so I updated my software to make
> sure this was not the case.
>
> I love your suggestion. I did not know about the filter option. So I
> implemented it and cleared the reconciled items, then went back to the
> reconcile for that month and all agrees. Yeh for you!
>
> But don't celebrate totally yet. I am at the next and final month to
> reconcile. I go to do the reconcile dialog box and check everything and all
> of the items are ok: date, starting and ending balance all agree with final
> statement. When this happens it should be a cake walk right? Not for me.
>
> I check off all of the credits and debits and compare their totals
> (reflected on the bottom) with the statement and everything is in order yet
> I am faced with a difference of $195.14. This is definitely not correct.
> Have I found a bug?
>
>
>
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