[GNC] "Starting Balance", Reconcile Window, Reconciling Credit Card Statement

[Tom Balazs]

And just now I looked at the bottom of the reconcile window, and it says,
"Warning! Account contains splits whose reconcile date is after the
statement date. Reconciliation may be difficult."

Is that because I what I wrote about in my previous email?

On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM Tom Balazs <tom123online at gmail.com> wrote:

> "Starting Balance (fixed from last reconciliation)"
> I'm now trying to reconcile a statement which is earlier in time than the
> (later) month I reconciled yesterday. Could that be messing up the
> "starting balance" in the reconcile window?
>
> I'm trying to reconcile a past credit card statement. This is one that I
> think I reconciled in the past, but I'm going back a few months to track
> down a discrepancy.
> The transactions in the GnuCash reconcile window are now matched to the
> transactions on the credit card statement.
> In GnuCash, "Funds In" (the sum of the credit card payment and other
> debits) matches the number on the credit card statement
> In GnuCash, "Funds Out" (the sum of the charge transactions) matches the
> number on the credit card statement
>
> So that just leaves me to look at the "Reconcile Information"
> Statement Date: the ending date for this cc statement
> * Starting Balance: Where does the "starting balance" come from? *
>  ... Does GnuCash use a value from the previous time I reconciled? What if
> I am now reconciling February, but last week I reconciled May?
> Ending Balance: the "new balance" on my credit card statement
>
> The "starting balance" could be why my "payments made" minus charges does
> not match my monthly statement's "new balance".
>
> The user manual says:
> '5.8.1. Reconciling Information
> The Reconcile Information dialog is used to indicate the closing Statement
> Date and the Starting Balance (fixed from last reconciliation) and Ending
> Balance from the statement. The Include Sub-accounts check-box is used if
> one or more subaccounts are used to track the account you are reconciling.
> The Enter Interest Payment button is used to add a transfer to the accounts
> for an interest payment. If selected a dialog will be displayed to add the
> Section 5.8.1.1, “Interest Payment” to the account.'
>
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