Hi Finbar. I've been following this thread, but got lost in it. Starting again seems like a good idea. More comments in line...
On Tuesday, 29 January 2019 11:24:36 GMT Finbar Mahon wrote: > 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. I assume there were no transactions (or that you recorded any transactions) that came to your bank on 29/30/31 December 2017? > > 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?? > No, that sounds good to me. So, can you take your statement for 28-12-17, do a reconcile to the "initial" closing balance of 3986.22 ? there should be no transactions already reconciled, as this is the first reconcile. set reconcile date to 28/12/17, Starting Balance should be computed to 0 and enter the ending balance (if GC has guessed wrongly) does that work? You should just have a single txn to check off - ie the Opening Balance txn. If that works, report back to us. > 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 ;-) What do you mean about "logic of 'view'"? Yes, probably best to reconcile to *every* statement your bank sends out! > > 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. I don't understand the idea of an imperfect reconcilliation. Either you & your bank agree about things, or you don't. I get that you can look at the running balance of an account and say "yep, close enough" but that is NOT reconcilling. Maf. > > 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 -- Maf. King PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7 2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542 _______________________________________________ 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.
