[GNC] Incorrect Starting Balance in Reconcile Popup

[Adrien Monteleone]

There should never be a need to create a 'false' entry to reconcile. 
That's not how reconciliation works or what it is about.

I would suggest that if you do so, you'll keep having to do so, as you 
have discovered. If your *closing* balances do not match after clearing 
everything on the statement, then you have a mistake somewhere. The 
solution is not to 'fudge' it, the solution is find and correct the mistake.

You can pause a reconciliation. So really, there is no need to 
temporarily make it balance only to come back to fix it later. You'll 
just compound the problem and/or kick it down the road.

Regards,
Adrien

On 12/7/25 3:15 PM, Richard Fochtmann via gnucash-user wrote:
> This has happened a number of times.
> 
> I open a Reconcile popup and the date and starting balance are incorrect 
> and I'm unable to change it nor am I able to finish. There also seems to 
> be no way to deal with the remainder except to put in a false entry so 
> that I can finish reconciling. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.