[GNC] Entry of unknown transaction

[Michael Hendry]

On 4 Feb 2023, at 11:58, Jeff <beastmaster126 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I have discovered several transactions that show up in one account but do not show up in any other existing account. Regardless of what the bank image shows of where the check was deposited.
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> I.E.  I have a deposit slip that shows it went to our checking account but never showed up there  (OFX or printed mailed statement).  I can not reconcile it so how do  handle it?
> 
> In other words, I have half of a double entry transaction.  More than one, unfortunately.
> 
> -- 
> --JEffrey Black M.B.A.

Not entirely sure what you mean, Jeffrey.

Are the transactions you refer to recorded in GNUCash as money paid into your account but without a recorded source account? This should have a corresponding entry in the Imbalance account, automatically created when you put in an unbalanced transaction.

Did you receive a check which you deposited in your checking account and for which your received a receipt from the bank in the form of a date-stamp on the deposit slip, but for which there is no record in the bank statement (paper or electronic)?

If yes, then you need to take that up with the bank - was the check bounced?

When you’re reconciling, you’re matching up the bank’s view of the world with your own, and can only mark as reconciled the transactions which appear in both.

Michael