I guess my situation has be anticipated
From the manual:
Under some circumstances, it may be difficult or impossible to
determine why an account will
not reconcile. If you are unable to correct the discrepancy between your
books and a statement,
GnuCash includes a Balance button on the Toolbar that will automatically
create a balancing
entry for you in the amount that cannot be reconciled.
To use this, carry out the full reconciliation (marking all
transactions that you can identify) and
then click this button. GnuCash will create a balancing entry for the
remaining discrepancy that
uses the Special Accounts:Orphan-XXX account (where "XXX" represents your
currency). The
Reconcile window will close; re-opening it will allow you to check the
newly-created balancing
entry and finish the process.
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.'
>
>
>
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