David, At some point I fiddled with a previously reconciled transaction (I know, bad move) and the starting balance became incorrect. In order to finish the reconciliation I had to add a transaction; I could then use the finish button. After the reconciliation though, the balance was of course off. So I added a reversing transaction to return the account to the correct balance. But with the next reconciliation cycle, I believe the starting balance will be off and will need to repeat this add-a-transaction/reverse-a-transaction hack ad infinitum.
Andrew Gross 917 750 6981 On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:03 AM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Andrew, > > I reread your messages. You say you "fixed" a reconciled transaction, and > now, you have to enter an extra transaction which you reversed afterward. > Do I have that right? > > OK, if you"fixed" a reconciled transaction, then presumably now, it is > correct. First question: how did you get the account to reconcile before? > If your transaction was wrong, then it shouldn't have balanced. > > Next question: now that you fixed the wrong transaction, why do you need > any dummy transactions at all? Again, the reconciliation should then work > (once you take note of the note in 4.4.1 and ignore the starting balance). > > Despite what others are saying about creating fixing transactions, I think > you haven't demonstrated to me that you need any such transactions. > > David > > > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 7:21, Andrew Gross > <aegr...@gmail.com> wrote: > David, > > I used the wrong terminology -- I should have said "starting balance". I > am looking at 4.4.1 of the documentation (https://www.gnucash.org/docs/ > v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/txns-reconcile1.html) and I did create a dummy > transaction and then reversed it after the reconciliation. Do you believe > this is just a one-time fix? I would doubt that since it wouldn't change > the underlying starting balance. I think I am misunderstanding something > here... > > Thanks > AEG > > Andrew Gross > 917 750 6981 <(917)%20750-6981> > > On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:51 PM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Andrew, > > What do you mean, you can't fix the opening balance? If you are talking > about your "Opening Balance" transaction, that is just another transaction, > and of course you can edit that. (The recent discussion about reversing > transactions was about a technicality for business books, and not necessary > for personal books) > > If you are talking about the "Starting Balance" when you reconcile each > month, take a look in the Guide at 4.4.1, and read the note there about how > to handle that. > > Either way, it's a one time fix. > > David > > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:20, Andrew Gross > <aegr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings -- have looked at a couple of old threads on reconciliation > issues that come close to this question, but not quite. In two of my > accounts (one asset; one liability) I committed a transgression; I > attempted to fix a reconciled transaction. Since then, I have to put in a > "fix" to balance each account. I add a bogus transaction; reconcile; and > then reverse the transaction. Essentially, I need to be able to reset the > opening balance in order to fix this. I know changing the opening balance > is not an option; is there an alternative so I can stop using the "bogus > transaction" method? > > Thanks everyone, > > > Andrew Gross > ______________________________ _________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/ mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.