And just now I looked at the bottom of the reconcile window, and it says, "Warning! Account contains splits whose reconcile date is after the statement date. Reconciliation may be difficult."
Is that because I what I wrote about in my previous email? On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM Tom Balazs <tom123onl...@gmail.com> wrote: > "Starting Balance (fixed from last reconciliation)" > I'm now trying to reconcile a statement which is earlier in time than the > (later) month I reconciled yesterday. Could that be messing up the > "starting balance" in the reconcile window? > > I'm trying to reconcile a past credit card statement. This is one that I > think I reconciled in the past, but I'm going back a few months to track > down a discrepancy. > The transactions in the GnuCash reconcile window are now matched to the > transactions on the credit card statement. > In GnuCash, "Funds In" (the sum of the credit card payment and other > debits) matches the number on the credit card statement > In GnuCash, "Funds Out" (the sum of the charge transactions) matches the > number on the credit card statement > > So that just leaves me to look at the "Reconcile Information" > Statement Date: the ending date for this cc statement > * Starting Balance: Where does the "starting balance" come from? * > ... Does GnuCash use a value from the previous time I reconciled? What if > I am now reconciling February, but last week I reconciled May? > Ending Balance: the "new balance" on my credit card statement > > The "starting balance" could be why my "payments made" minus charges does > not match my monthly statement's "new balance". > > The user manual says: > '5.8.1. Reconciling Information > The Reconcile Information dialog is used to indicate the closing Statement > Date and the Starting Balance (fixed from last reconciliation) and Ending > Balance from the statement. The Include Sub-accounts check-box is used if > one or more subaccounts are used to track the account you are reconciling. > The Enter Interest Payment button is used to add a transfer to the accounts > for an interest payment. If selected a dialog will be displayed to add the > Section 5.8.1.1, “Interest Payment” to the account.' > > > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
