He's wrong. You should absolutely change the ending balance in the dialog to match your statement because you may have transactions that haven't cleared yet. -derek -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity or typos.
On June 4, 2017 12:27:34 PM EDT, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >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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