[GNC] Help with reconcile menu

David Carlson david.carlson.417 at gmail.com
Sat Feb 5 14:15:52 EST 2022


Martin,  as. David pointed out,  it counts every reconciled transaction,
including future transactions.   Perhaps there is a future reconcile d
transaction.



On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 11:53 AM D via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
wrote:

> The opening balance tallies every transaction that was previously
> reconciled, regardless of date. The Guide notes that the starting balance
> is less important than the closing balance. If the closing balance is
> correct, proceed with your reconciliation and finish when the difference is
> zero.
>
> On Feb 5, 2022, 11:41, at 11:41, Martin Dupras <martindupras at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm still relatively new to GnuCash, so I may be misunderstanding
> >something.
> >
> >I have an account for which I have entered several years of
> >transactions
> >(not as they happening, as an exercise to look at my expenses for the
> >last
> >three years.)
> >
> >All of the transaction amounts on the account are correct; but
> >somewhere
> >along the way something happened which broke the reconciliation. What
> >seems
> >to happen is that whenever I try to reconcile, the ending balance is
> >correct, but the opening balance is wrong.
> >
> >The opening balance on the account is right, and it's the first
> >transaction
> >for the account. Yet, when I try to reconcile it, the dialogue window
> >shows
> >"Starting Balance: £1000.00".
> >
> >I can't see an invisible transaction anywhere (all boxes ticked in the
> >"status" tab of "Sort By").
> >
> >Can anyone clarify how GnuCash figures out this £1000? If I knew where
> >to
> >look, I might be able to fix it.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >- martin
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