[GNC] Account Total not matching Account Balance

[Rares Vernica]

Hello Jim,

Thank you for the suggestion. I have reviewed the register and confirmed
that there are no future-dated transactions that would explain the
discrepancy. The issue persists even after checking this.

Best,
Rares

On Fri, Aug 8, 2025, 02:37 Jim DeLaHunt <list+gnucash at jdlh.com> wrote:

> Hello, Rares:
>
> On 2025-08-07 19:30, Rares Vernica wrote:
> > ...The account Totals shows on the summary Accounts page shows totals
> that are
> > different from the balances of the account. The balances of the
> > accounts are correct. So, the Totals shown on the Accounts page are
> > incorrect.
> >
> > For example, on the Accounts page I see account Foo with a Total of $15
> > while if I open account Foo, the balance after the last transaction is
> $20.
> > $20 is the correct value that I expect to see in Accounts Total. This
> > happens for a number of accounts....
>
> In my book file, GnuCash displays totals on the Accounts page which
> match the Balance value for the last transaction shown in the register
> of the corresponding Account.  In other words, I don't see the problem
> which you see.
>
> One thing to confirm is whether or not you have future transactions.
> Near the bottom of every register is a blank transaction space. You
> enter new transactions in this space. For transactions dated after the
> current date, GnuCash can either display them before that blank space,
> or after. Try scrolling all the way to the bottom of the register, past
> the blank space, and see if there are future transactions.
>
> You can tell GnuCash to display future transactions after the blank
> space in the register with a GnuCash Preferences Setting, in section
> Register, labelled Layout, with a checkbox labelled "Placement of future
> transactions".  The tooltip for this setting says,
>
> > If checked, transactions with a date in the future will be displayed
> > at the bottom of the register after the blank transaction unless in
> > reverse sort order when they are displayed at the top before the blank
> > transaction. If clear, the blank transaction will be at the bottom of
> > the register after all transactions unless in reverse sort order when
> > it will be at the top.
> Does that help?
>
>       —Jim DeLaHunt
>
>
>