[GNC] Starting balance of new account is not $0

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, April 26, 2023 9:09 am, Rich James wrote:
> I'm trying to resolve some reconciliation issues and decided to go back to
> my first statement from last year when I opened the account to establish
> that everything is balanced.  However, when I start to reconcile and put
> in
> the statement date and ending balance, the reconciliation window shows a
> Starting Balance of several hundred dollars instead of $0.  This gives me
> an incorrect difference that I can't properly clear.
>
> Is there a known issue where this can occur?  Or can anyone suggest a way
> to resolve this?  I'm seeing similar behavior with another account as
> well.

You cannot go "back in time" to reconcile.  When you reconcile an account
at date X, you are reconciling from "the beginning of time" to date X. 
You cannot then go back to a date earlier than X to (re)reconcile.

Hope this helps,

>
> Thanks,
> Rich

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-derek

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