[GNC] Last month's transactions included in Reconciliation Report

[Dale Alspach]

What you seem to be asking for is what happens when you click on
Reconcile except that it is a window that opens not a report. This also
has the advantage that you can go back to the account and add missed
transactions. These will immediately appear in the reconciliation window.

Dale

On 8/4/19 1:42 PM, Art Chimes wrote:
> Thanks for the responses.
> 
> Adrien asks, "why are you wanting this report?" Partly it's about
> having another piece of a paper trail, but mainly because it's what
> I've been doing in Quicken for a couple of decades.
> 
> To be clear, this is just about my personal finances: checking
> account, credit cards, and so on. Nothing that will be audited, nor
> likely requested by an accountant. What I am used to
> seeing in a reconciliation report is (a) a list of cleared
> transactions for the period covered by the current statement, the one
> I have just reconciled; and (b) a list of transactions that remain
> uncleared after the reconciliation process; and (c) various totals and
> summaries.
> 
> Item (b) would ideally consist of transactions since the statement
> closed, an uncashed check I wrote two months ago, etc.
> 
> When I specify a date range, Gnucash wants to look at both the
> transaction date AND the reconciliation date. So I am getting two
> months' transactions in the report, one of which is just clutter and
> will duplicate the prior month's reconciliation report.
> 
> If my latest statement includes 15 transactions between July 1 and
> July 31, when it closes, that time period will include the day (e.g.
> July 3) that I reconcile the June statement. But the June transactions
> are history; they have no business in the July reconciliation report.
> I'm not an accountant for sure, but if there is a reason for including
> in the report the June transactions *reconciled* in July along with
> the actual July transactions, I don't see it.
> 
> The suggestion that I filter for a date range (e.g. July 1-31) and for
> reconciled transactions, then generate an Account Report would give me
> a list of current reconciled transactions, but not the unreconciled
> ones. (Yes, I could generate a separate report with a filter, but that
> is an inelegant workaround, in my opinion.)
> 
> Regarding Christopher's reference to "standard accounting practice," I
> want to emphasize that I don't know what is standard, just what seems
> logical, familiar, and useful to me. Nevertheless, I am going to
> follow his suggestion and file a bug report suggesting an Enhancement
> to the reconciliation report dialog.
> 
> Thanks,
> Art
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