[GNC] unexplained reconciliation dollar amounts
Liz
edodd at billiau.net
Tue Feb 26 16:08:21 EST 2019
On Tue, 26 Feb 2019 10:41:19 -0800
"Stephen M. Butler" <kg7je at arrl.net> wrote:
> On 2/26/19 1:01 AM, jeffrey black wrote:
> > On 2/25/2019 8:11 PM, David Cousens wrote:
> >> Jeffrey,
> > <snip>
> >> Another strategy is to go back to the last previously reconciled
> >> period where you have agreement with the starting and ending
> >> balances and reconcile forward fixing errors as you go. This is
> >> more time consuming but can be a method of last resort.
> > The previous statements reconciled perfectly
> >when I finished them.
Something has happened since then
> > I got lucky on one account and the account balance matched the
> > previous ending paper statement balance, there were no checks
> > floating out in hyper-space waiting to be cashed. And the account
> > balance still matches. The previous ending balance in the
> > reconcile window is wrong when I do the new statement.
>
>
> This has happened to me when I make changes to the split (like fixing
> the description) in that account. It unchecks the reconciliation
> flag.
This has caught many of us.
I strongly suggest that jeffrey goes back to reconcile and looks for
unchecked entries before the last reconcile date.
After that, if still cannot find all the items, then go back to the
last "good" one and restart reconcilation.
Liz
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