[GNC] Reconciliation

[Stephen M. Butler]

On 11/21/19 4:23 PM, Jack Lockard wrote:
> Here is what does not make any sense to me.
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> When I reconciled September's statement the beginning balance in GNUcash did not match the bank statement. I went on and completed the reconciliation process and when finished, the closing balance in GNUcash and the bank statement did match. For discussion purposes lets say the closing balance was $2,200. When I initiated the reconciliation process for October the bank statement had a starting balance of $2,200 which was the closing balance of September's statement as it should be. However, the starting balance shown in GNUcash was now say $3,300. How can that change in account balance occur?
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> Jack  


That will happen if a previously reconciled entry was modified such that
GnC removed the reconciliation flag.  GnC should have warned you about
removing the flag and ask if you still wanted to make a change to that
transaction. 

I have had to change the date on a reconciled transaction and had that
warning.  Immediately did another reconciliation for the last date and
flagged that errant entry again.  Perhaps you didn't notice the warning
or didn't realize the implications.  <<or something else could be going on>>

--Steve

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+jelockard=outlook.com at gnucash.org> On Behalf Of David Cousens
> Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2019 5:38 PM
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] Reconciliation
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> Jack,
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> If both the starting balance and the ending balance do not agree with the statement being reconciled against, then the reconciliation for that period is actually invalid. The most likely reason for this to occur is entry of a new transaction or deletion of a previously reconciled transaction in a prior reconciliation period but there may be more subtle problems. A transaction being entered incorrectly with a date in the far past (mistyped date then saved) is another common problem.  These unreconciled transactions usually come up in the reconcilation window at the top of the panes if they are outside the current reconciliation period. i don't know if Gnucash places a limit on how far back it searches for unreconciled splits in the account being reconciled though.
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> The only solution is to go back to a point where the starting and ending balances are both in agreement for the period being reconciled, then reconcile forward again, making sure you get agreement of both balances for each reconciliation period and fix any errors on the way through.
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> David Cousens
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> David Cousens
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