On 10/3/19 1:29 PM, Matthew Lybanon wrote: > This is more of an accounting question than a GnuCash question; what I would > like to know is how to handle this within GnuCash. I???m sure that this > situation isn???t unique, and there is probably a standard way of handling it > in accounting. > > I am maintaining the checkbook for a club account. Several months ago I wrote > a check to a member. He deposited the check, and the institution where he > deposited the check collected the money. But because of some mistake within > the banking system (not my mistake, not his mistake), the money came from > somewhere other than the account from which the check was issued???the one I > am using GnuCash to keep records for. (If it was charged to another account > at the issuing bank, the account holder hasn???t noticed the discrepancy.) > > That means that my records differ from the bank???s records by the amount of > the check; everything else has cleared. Unless by some miracle the banking > system straightens this out, my records will differ from the bank???s records > forever. Is there a clean way to handle this, other than simply deleting that > check from my (GnuCash) records and pretending it never existed?
I am surprised you are experiencing this problem. I thought I was the only one. I write a check to an educational organization. They send me a receipt indicating that they received the check. Quarterly they send me a benefit publication. But it never clears my bank. I live in the USA and the organization is in London, England. I thought this might be a problem with the SWIFT organization. It has happened several more times with them. I wrote them a letter about it once, but since they have received the money, they do not care. This has happened with a USA educational organization once or twice as well. I now contribute with my credit card, and have had no problems with it. Moral: do not trust the banking system. -- .~. Jean-David Beyer /V\ PGP-Key:166D840A 0C610C8B /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey ^^-^^ 17:45:01 up 9 days, 23:19, 2 users, load average: 4.63, 4.45, 4.59 _______________________________________________ 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.
