[GNC] Reconciling, Starting Balance Problem, Problem Reconciling Transactions

[Tom Balazs]

The problem was, a transaction that occurred in a later month was
accidentally marked as Reconciled. That threw off the "starting balance" in
the reconcile window.

On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM David Cousens <davidcousens49 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Tom,
>
> If the starting balanc is out then the problem lies with previous
> reconciliations not with the reconciliation you are doing at the
> moment. If it is a single transaction that is out a search for
> transaction with the amount the starting balance is out may find it.
> Won't work if multiple transactions are involved. Are there any
> transactions showing up in the debits and credit panes which are before
> the start date of the current reconciliation?
>
> David Cousens
>
>
> On Wed, 2025-01-01 at 15:24 -0500, Tom Balazs wrote:
> > I'm trying to reconcile a credit card statement from a few months
> > back and
> > it still doesn't reconcile, even though I've gone over all the
> > transactions
> > multiple times.
> >
> > But when I click Actions / Reconcile the "Reconcile Transactions"
> > window
> > opens.
> > I see (maybe) the source of the problem in the "Starting Balance". I
> > think
> > the "starting balance" should simply be taken from the balance at the
> > last
> > properly reconciled transaction. But in my case the "starting
> > balance" is
> > not the balance at the last properly reconciled transaction. Why is
> > this?
> > Could it happen because in the past I marked some transactions as
> > Reconciled, but they are not now (which shouldn't happen, I know).
> >
> > I'm not on the GnuCash user forum because I'm good at this finance
> > stuff.
> >
> > Additional notes:
> > So basically, sorting this out in my head
> > The reconcile window takes
> > - "Starting Balance" (taken from the latest properly reconciled
> > transaction, should be the ending balance of the previous period,
> > e.g.
> > October 10)
> > - Statement Date (the ending date of this period, e.g. November 10)
> > - Transactions which occurred between the two (e.g. Oct 11 - Nov 10)
> >
> > Tom
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