OK, let's go again.
1. I started using GNUCash with effect from 1.1.2018
2. For this particular a/c the figure €3986.22 is the balance in the
a/c, taken from the bank statement on 28.12.2017, after the last
transaction on that date.
3. I had a non-zero opening balance, in the sense that I created (named)
the a/c in Gnucash and then started with the figure above, so that I
could continue from the previous a/c into 2018. Should I have ignored
the opening balance, the amount in the bank on 28.12.2017??
4. Having worked our the logic of 'view' (not a whole lot in the help
about it, afaics.) I am working my way along another a/c tidying up
things like cheques being entered on the date they were written as
opposed to the date they were cleared, etc. I am making good progress,
learning that I should do reconciliations more often, some people take a
long time to present the cheques ;-)
5. The numbers on the screen grab are exactly what my problem is. In
some of my (very simple, not many entries) a/cs the numbers balance out
nicely, as they should. I appreciate that a 'perfect' reconciliation
should have no 'loose' centimes, but if the figures are within that sort
of limit, I don't worry, I am not auditing a multinational.
Maybe I should just work on the appropriate 'view' in this a/c, say,
month by month, tidying up the issues, and see what happens?
Thanks again for your patience.
Finbar
On 28/01/2019 13:12, David T. wrote:
There is a lot to unpack here.
You say you started at the beginning of 2018 and entered "the closing
balance for 2017.
Was that balance taken from a statement? Or just from the bank website
as of that date?
I can't see how any of the various numbers (the numbers on the screen
grab or provided in your message) could be combined to balance out.
And where does this 3986.22 figure come from?
Next, if this truly is your first reconciliation, how is it that you
have a non zero opening balance? Gnucash derives this number by taking
all entries that were previously reconciled. So maybe you reconciled
something already?
Finally, you will not be able to reconcile your account if it's
inaccurate by even "a few centimes." Gnucash insists on a full match
in amount before it allows you to complete the process. So, you will
need to address those as well.
Figure out why Gnucash shows a non zero opening balance and clean up
the erroneous transactions, and see where that puts you.
David
On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 15:53, Finbar Mahon
<mahon.fin...@neuf.fr> wrote:
OK,
As I said, I started on 1.1.2018 with 'nothing' I entered the
closing balance for 2017 for the a/c and started entering
transactions.
Unfortunately, coming from Quicken, I didn't do any
reconciliations until about December. But casually examining the
entries from time to time they seemed 'ok' just a few centimes
'off' probably due to finger problems, as I had also experienced
with Quicken and sorted them at year end.
The Opening Balance in the latest iteration of reconcile was what
I showed in the screen grab a while back -
While the a/c entries starting entry shows the bank balance figure
€3986.22 and the €5.117.09 ending balance tallies with the bank
statement......
Aha, maybe there is another issue. When I do, as you suggested,
View > Filter By > Status > Reconciled I get nothing!! even when I
just chose 'reconcile' or 'select all'
:-( thanks for the help :-)
:-)
On 27/01/2019 10:46, Colin Law wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jan 2019 at 09:36, Finbar Mahon <mahon.fin...@neuf.fr
<mailto:mahon.fin...@neuf.fr>> wrote:
No, as I said in the original post, I started on 1.1.2018 with
GNU, so the first entry in this a/c should be the opening
balance for the a/c from the bank statement, €3986.22. The
ending balance is correct.
Actually you still haven't stated it clearly. The question is
what does the Opening Balance show when you reconcile? If this is
the first time you have reconciled it then it should show zero
(unless the opening balance has been already reconciled). If it
is not zero then that means some transactions have already been
reconciled (possibly accidentally). If you go to the account and
then View > Filter By > Status > Reconciled then it should show
you just the reconciled transactions. Clear the reconcile state
on all these and you should be good to start the reconcile with a
starting balance of zero. Then the Opening Balance in the account
should match the Starting Balance on your bank statement so you
can reconcile that one.
Colin
Finbar
On 26/01/2019 18:12, Colin Law wrote:
Do the starting and ending balances shown there match the
ones on the bank statement you are reconciling against?
Colin
On Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 11:51, Finbar Mahon
<mahon.fin...@neuf.fr <mailto:mahon.fin...@neuf.fr>> wrote:
I don't understand where you are seeing the figures you describe.
Can
you post a screenshot showing it?
This what I get at the bottom right hand side.
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