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

[John Reagan]

Thanks for replying.  However, it doesn't work out as being okay.  When 
I use the */actions/reconcile/ *menu choice to reconcile my account, 
that false beginning balance is factored into the final balance.  Where 
it should be zero difference between cleared and reconciled balances, 
there is a false number.


How is that beginning balance calculated?  If I can check on the numbers 
that are used to calculate the beginning balance, I should be able to 
find the mistake that is generating that error.


John




On 11/7/23 9:39 AM, Gyle McCollam wrote:
> 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
>
>