[GNC] Reconciling PayPal

[R Losey]

I assume you can reconcile an asset account like any other bank account....
you can tell it the date you want to reconcile, but it lists all of the
transactions...

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 1:10 AM Dr. David Kirkby <
drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:

> Someone mentioned reconciling their PayPal account. Is there a way to do
> this for anything other than the last transaction? I don’t seem to be able
> to display a balance at any point in the past. So if I wanted to know the
> balance on the first of July, I don’t see a way of finding it.
>
> I am trying to enter transactions from the start of my financial year, but
> I can’t find a way of finding the balance at any particular moment in time.
>
> I was looking yesterday and were baffled by transaction that involved
> buying postage through eBay with PayPal.
>
> Purchase postage @ £0.48
> another transaction with a similar implication, but for -£0.48. But it
> doesn’t appear to be a refund. £0.48 was withdrawn from my bank account.
>
> I *think* what the account is showing is that the £0.48 was paid for
> postage, then £0.45 was withdrawn by eBay (not me). But overall I find
> following what is actually happening in the PayPal account is very
> difficult, and unless I am mistaken, reconciling would be a very painful
> experience. I can not really see how the reconcile tool in GnuCash would
> help much.
>
> Does anyone know of a way of getting the balance in the account at a
> certain time in the past? Does anyone find the reconcile tool in GunCash
> helpful with PayPal?
>
>  Dave
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