Adrien, > On Jan 28, 2019, at 6:47 PM, Adrien Monteleone > <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > > I could be wrong, but I read “opening balance” to mean the balance when the > account was created in GnuCash, not the “starting balance” for the > reconciliation. Certainly, when you first create an account, you have to tell > GnuCash how much is already in the account if it pre-existed.
Here’s the thing: when you create an account, it will have zero reconciled. So, if you haven’t reconciled your account before, the opening balance will always be zero. The screen shot clearly shows a non zero opening balance, meaning that some reconciliation has already taken place. > > It could be that the user is erroneously entering this as the reconciliation > starting balance without it first being reconciled. AH, but you *can’t* enter an opening balance; it’s automatically calculated from all previously-reconciled splits. > > I’d think the solution is either: > > 1. Reconcile only the opening balance transaction, then proceed with a > regular reconciliation, using that amount as the ’starting balance' > 2. Use a 'starting balance' of zero and know you have to check off that > initial transaction as if it appeared on the bank statement. (because > technically it does in the ‘beginning balance’ figure on the statement. Those are the suggestions in the Guide, I believe. > > On the point of being ’slightly off’, I understood the OP to mean that > previously they do not regularly reconcile, but rather ‘cursorily view’ their > account and do not usually worry about exactness until the end of the year. > (presumably when an actual reconciliation is done) My point still stands; if even one transaction is “slightly off,” then you won’t finish the reconciliation. Moreover, roll any such inconsistencies in to problems with overall balances, and you quickly have a knot that is impossible to untangle. Better to eliminate one source of inconsistencies and see where the remaining problems lie. I suspect there’s more, since I can’t get any of the supplied numbers to balance out. David > > Regards, > Adrien > _______________________________________________ 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.
