The problem was, a transaction that occurred in a later month was accidentally marked as Reconciled. That threw off the "starting balance" in the reconcile window.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM David Cousens <davidcousen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tom, > > If the starting balanc is out then the problem lies with previous > reconciliations not with the reconciliation you are doing at the > moment. If it is a single transaction that is out a search for > transaction with the amount the starting balance is out may find it. > Won't work if multiple transactions are involved. Are there any > transactions showing up in the debits and credit panes which are before > the start date of the current reconciliation? > > David Cousens > > > On Wed, 2025-01-01 at 15:24 -0500, Tom Balazs wrote: > > I'm trying to reconcile a credit card statement from a few months > > back and > > it still doesn't reconcile, even though I've gone over all the > > transactions > > multiple times. > > > > But when I click Actions / Reconcile the "Reconcile Transactions" > > window > > opens. > > I see (maybe) the source of the problem in the "Starting Balance". I > > think > > the "starting balance" should simply be taken from the balance at the > > last > > properly reconciled transaction. But in my case the "starting > > balance" is > > not the balance at the last properly reconciled transaction. Why is > > this? > > Could it happen because in the past I marked some transactions as > > Reconciled, but they are not now (which shouldn't happen, I know). > > > > I'm not on the GnuCash user forum because I'm good at this finance > > stuff. > > > > Additional notes: > > So basically, sorting this out in my head > > The reconcile window takes > > - "Starting Balance" (taken from the latest properly reconciled > > transaction, should be the ending balance of the previous period, > > e.g. > > October 10) > > - Statement Date (the ending date of this period, e.g. November 10) > > - Transactions which occurred between the two (e.g. Oct 11 - Nov 10) > > > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
