[GNC] Reconcile "Starting Balance" is wrong

[D.]

If you go through the process, entering the final balance where indicated and checking off all the transactions that should be, does the account reconcile? If so, then you don't need to do anything else. 

If not, then you need to figure out which transactions have been erroneously marked as reconciled. That can be a challenge. Worst case is to clear reconciled transactions back to a known accurate date, and re do the statements in order. 

Good luck. 
David T. 


-------- Original Message --------
From: Roland Roberts <roland at astrofoto.org>
Sent: Sat Apr 03 21:06:33 EDT 2021
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Subject: [GNC] Reconcile "Starting Balance" is wrong

I've delayed reconciling my accounts for a long time and am now paying 
the price by having a lot of entries to go through.

For one account, the last time I reconciled it was at the end of 
February...2020. I've gone through my statements, entered my data, and 
what GnuCash shows in the register as my balance on 8/31/2020 is 
correct. And, similarly, what it shows at the end of Feb 2020 is also 
correct. But if open of the reconcile dialog, the starting balance is 
not what is shown in the register.

This account happens to be my PayPal account, and normally this is a 
zero balance account in any period. That was what the balance shows in 
the register as of 2/29/2000. But the starting balance in GnuCash shows 
as $858. I've already tried check and repair on the account and even on 
all accounts, restarting GnuCash then opening up the reconcile dialog 
again, but that doesn't change anything.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

roland

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Roland Roberts, PhD
Brooklyn, NY USA
https://astrofoto.org

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