Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-04 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, Have you ever reconciled this account before? Even as a test? On Thu, July 4, 2024 8:25 am, Trevor Richards wrote: > Hi Derek,I set up this account based on a credit card statement as an > arbitrary starting point Aug last year.The stmt showed 105.00 as balance > BF so I created that as my o

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-04 Thread Trevor Richards via gnucash-user
Hi Derek,I set up this account based on a credit card statement as an arbitrary starting point Aug last year.The stmt showed 105.00 as balance BF so I created that as my opening balance (owed). It balances with an account called opening balances (I think as instructed by GNU)all the following mo

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-04 Thread Derek Atkins
Have you ever reconciled this account before? You cannot reconcile "back in time". I.e. once you reconcile to time T, you have effectively reconciled from the beginning of time to time T. What this means is that you cannot go back and later reconcile to a time BEFORE T. Part of the reason is th

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-04 Thread Liz
On Thu, 4 Jul 2024 09:53:06 + (UTC) Trevor Richards via gnucash-user wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions but don't think they help.I've tried > reconciliation stepping back to months previous to when I 1st opened > these accounts.It always opens with the same starting balance... > 4,448.06End

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-04 Thread Trevor Richards via gnucash-user
Thanks for the suggestions but don't think they help.I've tried reconciliation stepping back to months previous to when I 1st opened these accounts.It always opens with the same starting balance... 4,448.06Ending balances are zero (not surprising... no transactions) I do get a successful reconc

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-02 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 7/1/2024 2:25 PM, Tommy Trussell wrote: In addition to the comments below, you will need to make sure you entered the transactions in the correct columns. Make sure the account was correctly set up as a liability account (so its ending balance will decrease your overall net assets balance). W

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-01 Thread Tommy Trussell
In addition to the comments below, you will need to make sure you entered the transactions in the correct columns. Make sure the account was correctly set up as a liability account (so its ending balance will decrease your overall net assets balance). When you enter credit card transactions into t

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-01 Thread Phyllis Bruce
Trevor, did you enter the unreconciled transactions from the previous month? Those would have to be included for your first reconciliation. Phyllis B On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 12:24 PM Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Have you ever reconciled this account? If not, the s

Re: [GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-01 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Have you ever reconciled this account? If not, the starting balance should have been zero. Regards, Adrien On 7/1/24 4:34 AM, Trevor Richards via gnucash-user wrote: I am failing to reconcile a CC account. The ledger appears to replicate my statement in the 1st month of transactions. The 1st

[GNC] Credit card reconciliation - starting balance

2024-07-01 Thread Trevor Richards via gnucash-user
I am failing to reconcile a CC account. The ledger appears to replicate my statement in the 1st month of transactions. The 1st transaction I entered was the starting balance from the previous month's CC stmt (105.00) and all transactions appear correct in the months that follow. When I try to re