[GNC] Reconcile Info: Starting Balance

[Tom Balazs]

Hi,

I got a bunch of credit card statements correctly reconciled, then
something got messed up. Maybe changes I made to transactions in the
checking account (such as payments made to pay down credit card balance)
messed up the credit card account.

But now when I go to re-reconcile the credit card, the "Reconcile
Information" / "Starting Balance" is wrong. Where does that number come
from?

After I reconcile a credit card statement, on the last day of that
statement period, I put a final transaction, for example on 10/14/24 "This
statement covered 9/15/24 - 10/14/24, the correct balance at this point is
$4,567.89." I do this to help me find the problem when balances get messed
up. But this doesn't help me with the "Starting Balance" problem.

And if GnuCash has the Starting Balance wrong, I can confirm the
transactions that paid down the balance and transactions where I purchased
items, but GnuCash (correctly?) won't let me mark the statement period as
reconciled.

I guess the Starting Balance is wrong because, while I may be going back to
reconcile a Feb-Mar statement, there are Mar-Apr, and May-Jun transactions
that are reconciled (which therefore don't even show up in the reconcile
window).

Would I have to go to my ledger and manually un-check all the Mar-Apr,
May-Jun, and Jun-Jul transactions which are marked "Y" reconciled, just to
get a correct Starting Balance for Feb-Mar. And then later manually
re-check them all?

Tom