Hi Derek That is what I do, (change the end balance in the reconcile open dialog) the question was directed at mjchurchill who said
> Colin, I check the stafting date and balance, then the end date, finally the > end balance; the end balance chages to match the Gnucash opinion of the > balance for that date. If that does not match the statement then more work > is needed. Mike By which I understood he meant that one should not change the end balance in the reconcile dialog. Colin On 4 June 2017 at 17:07, Derek Atkins <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > Easy. Don't mark it reconciled. > Also make sure you enter in the correct statement ending balance. > -derek > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity or typos. > > On June 4, 2017 11:07:01 AM EDT, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >>So what do you do if you have entered a cheque before the statement >>date, but it had not been cleared when the bank printed the statement? >> >>Colin >> >>On 4 June 2017 at 14:53, mjchurchill <mjchurc...@aol.com> wrote: >>> Colin, I check the stafting date and balance, then the end date, >>finally the >>> end balance; the end balance chages to match the Gnucash opinion of >>the >>> balance for that date. If that does not match the statement then >>more work >>> is needed. Mike >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent from Samsung tablet >>> >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> >>> Date: 06/04/2017 6:08 AM (GMT-08:00) >>> To stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com >>> Cc gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> Subject Re: Reconciling an account >>> >>> >>> Michael, Do you mean you do not start by setting the ending balance >>in >>> the reconcile opening dialog to that from the statement that you are >>> reconciling against? >>> >>> Colin >>> >>> On 4 June 2017 at 12:29, Mike or Penny Novack >>> <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> wrote: >>>> On 6/3/2017 6:51 PM, EngineInstitute wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I am having problems reconciling an account. The starting balance >>agrees >>>>> with >>>>> the statement but ending balance does not. OK so I changed the >>ending >>>>> balance to the correct one in the initial dialog box. I then went >>on to >>>>> the >>>>> next task of checking all of the debts and credits. I did that and >>>>> compared >>>>> the sum of the total debt and credit amounts against the statement >>so far >>>>> ok. BUT the ending balance still does not agree even there are no >>>>> additional >>>>> debts logs and one outstanding credit and I cannot close the >>account for >>>>> that period. What am I missing? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> What kind of account are we talking about? Since you mention >>reconciling >>>> against a statement is this a checking account? >>>> >>>> If so, have you ever reconciled a checkbook against bank statement >>in the >>>> old fashioned days, statement against your check register? If not, >>you >>>> likely have no clue what to look for. You do not start by "changing >>an >>>> amount"! Using GnuCash: >>>> >>>> 1) Confirm that there is nothing in either Imbalance or Orphan. If >>there >>>> is, >>>> correct that problem first. >>>> 2) Look at the statement from the bank. Are there any transactions >>there >>>> that have not been entered in GnuCash? << assuming that you can >>recognize >>>> these as valid transactions -- otherwise contact your bank to find >>out >>>> what >>>> these were.>> >>>> 3) Are any checks still outstanding (you wrote them, entered them in >>>> GnuCash, but not (yet) returned against your account at the bank. >>THAT is >>>> why I referred to "old fashioned days" reconciling because you STILL >>have >>>> to >>>> do this to get the same balance amounts. You EXPECT a difference in >>the >>>> balances (you vs bank) for the sum of all uncleared checks. >>>> >>>> Michael D Novack >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >>_______________________________________________ >>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. > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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. 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