Thanks for the feedback. This is obviously concerning, but a solution may have been offered. I have been using an older version of gnucash (3.8) because it is what my update manager in mint provides. I am now going to switch to the latest version, and try to fix this. It was only two months ago, just before the tax deadline, when I did the entire year of 2020 in gnucash. I entered the data month by month, and when the last reconciliation was done, I sent it to the tax preparer. The problem is in my December bank account. I don't think I did anything wrong, but, if I had so much as examined the reports before sending them in, I would have noticed that the ending balance on the checking account was off in the reports. As it was, I did not notice the discrepancy until I began the reconciliation for January of 2021. I think I may now redo the entire exercise in version 4.9, to see if that fixes the problem. Stay tuned.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 11:11 PM Richard Gaede via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Rogier and David, I have had a situation several times where I have > completed reconciliations, and then months later in a new reconciliation > transactions show up from several years before as unreconciled. I have > no idea how this occurs. > > As my accounting has no business connotations, I fudge it and just tick > them off on the basis they have been previously reconciled. > > Any thoughts anyone on what my problem might be, or whether it has any > relevance to these ongoing discussions? > > > On 20/12/2021 09:28, davidcousen...@gmail.com wrote: > > Rogier, > > > > It would appear on the surface that somehow you did not reconcile the two > > transactions which remained marked as "n" which means not cleared("c) or > not > > reconciled("y"). How ? Unfortunately without knowing exactly what you > did > > during the reconciliation process it will be hard for anyone to tell. > Obvious > > things are to check the dates on the two transactions to make sure they > are in > > the reconciliation period and check that any transactions after the end > of the > > reconciliation date are not marked with "y". A common error is entering > the > > wrong year when entering the transaction. Any unreconciled transactions > from > > earlier periods should show up in the reconcilation window panes. > > > > That the balances add up with the two un reconciled transactions suggest > opening > > the reconciliation process again and seeing if the two unmarked > transactions > > appear in it. > > > > David Cousens > > > > On Sun, 2021-12-19 at 16:42 -0500, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: > >> A while ago, I set up a business in Gnucash after having some outrageous > >> problems with QBO. > >> > >> Once I got going it all worked out OK, but it appears I may have made > some > >> mistakes in the end and I cannot comprehend how I might have done it or > how > >> to fix them. > >> > >> The primary tipoff was that I did all my reconciliations of three > accounts > >> and as it was, the bank account ended up with a $187.37 balance on > >> 12/31/20, however the account register shows to transactions that are > still > >> showing "n" for unreconciled, and the balance at 12/31/20 shows $52.03 > and > >> the two "n" transactions account for the difference, $135.34. But why do > >> they show "n" and is the ending balance $52.03??? > >> > >> I have not been able to figure out a way to fix this. > >> > >> Evidently, the result is a minor error in my final reports of 2020, and > >> hence in my tax filing. > >> > >> > >> < > >> > http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb > >> Rogier Fentener van Vlissingen<http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me> > >> > >> < > >> > http://rogierfentenervanvlissingen.me?promo=email_sig&utm_source=product&utm_medium=email_sig&utm_campaign=gmail_api&utm_content=thumb > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > >> ----- > >> 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.