[GNC] Entry of unknown transaction

[Jeff]

On 2/4/23 11:46 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> I have occasionally found a stray deposit receipt near an ATM when I 
> was withdrawing cash.  If I carelessly pocketed it with my receipt, I 
> might get a surprise later. The stray would have a different account 
> number on it.  Could this be what happened to you?
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2023 at 8:32 AM Michael Hendry 
> <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     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.
>     >
>     > 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
>
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> -- 
> David Carlson


Easiest example that I can remember off the top of my head is, my wife 
recently wrote a check from her business account (her weeks wages) and 
deposited it directly into our personal account.  The OFX import, and 
statement, from our bank show it but there is no matching transaction in 
the business account.  Our statement has an image of the check plain as 
day but there is no match, period, in her business account 
statement(s).  And what really has me bumfuzzled is both sets of books 
are reconciled per their respective statements.  And it's not just one 
transaction involved, there are multiples.  That check did not bounce, 
it just seemingly like magic appeared in our account out of thin air. 
Magic money.


For now I have the check recorded as a deposit to our account and 
withdrawal from Imbalance-USD.  Just wanted to get your input on if that 
is the best way to handle transactions like that.

Her PayPal dealings are even worse but; that is for a different thread.

-- 
--JEffrey Black M.B.A.