[GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

[Gyle McCollam]

AS long as the ending balance is correct, you are good.  Delete the correction transaction and procedd as normal.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccollam at live.com<mailto:gmccollam at gyleshomes.com>           email

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From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail.com at gnucash.org> on behalf of John Reagan <johntreagan at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2023 12:26 PM
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: [GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

Hello!


     I have been using Gnucash for years to keep track of my personal
finances and it has always done a good job for me. However, recently I
was trying to reconcile my checking account and the starting balance in
Gnucash's reconciliation popup window was not only wrong, but showed a
negative balance.  (I attached a screenshot of that popup window FYI.)
I'm reconciling my August 2023 statement that shows an ending balance of
$1378.00 (the correct amount, so this should have just been a slam-dunk
reconciliation) but the starting balance for that period was $299.46
which is the reconciled balance at the end of July. Instead, Gnucash is
showing a starting balance of $ -200.54.

     I tried entering a correction transaction of $200.54, but it didn't
change anything.

     So, any ideas as to what went wrong and how to fix this? Thanks.

John