[GNC] Getting previous reconciliation closing balances?

[Adam Funk]

Sorry about the confusion!  What I meant was that it is a British
"current account" in GBP, and I was trying to explain that that is the
British equivalent of a "checking account".


On 2019-07-10, David Carlson wrote:

> I believe you mentioned in your original note that it was an American
> checking account.  If it is denominated in dollars you may have an
> additional variable in how you handle exchange rate.
>
> Also, I sometimes mistakenly assign a purchase to the wrong account, so
> there might be a similar error in another account
>
> David Carlson
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019, 6:59 AM Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wednesday, 10 July 2019 12:33:48 BST Adam Funk wrote:
>> > I've tried all the following:
>> > > or start the reconciliation and see what appears,
>> > >
>> > > or search for a transaction equal to GBP10
>> > >
>> > > or sort the register by amount and look at transactions equal to GBP10
>> >
>> > ...
>> >
>> > >> Try doing a search using the Reconcile field  for "Not cleared" or
>> > >> "Cleared" . That should locate any old transactions that were not
>> marked
>> > >> "y". With luck you will find the missed transaction.
>> >
>> > Two errors on my part appear to have coincided:
>> >
>> > 1. I failed to enter a -GBP10.00 transaction;
>> >
>> > 2. I entered a closing balance GBP10.00 too high when reconciling one
>> > of the previous statements.
>> >
>>
>> If it is proving too hard to find the missing £10 payment,  I'd just put
>> one in
>> today with notes about "missing transaction. don't know where or when"
>> and
>> reconcile it in due course - either a special 1-off  reconcile or as part
>> of
>> the next regular cycle.
>>
>> usual disclaimer about not an accountant and check local laws, but really,
>> it's ten quid.
>>
>> Maf.
>>
>>
>>
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