Re: [GNC] Reconciling, Starting Balance Problem, Problem Reconciling Transactions

2025-01-06 Thread Tom Balazs
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 wrote: > Tom, > > If the starting balanc is out then the problem lies with previous > r

Re: [GNC] Reconciling, Starting Balance Problem, Problem Reconciling Transactions

2025-01-01 Thread sunfish62--- via gnucash-user
Since no one else has pointed it out, I will. The starting balance is not simply the previous closing balance. GnuCash takes ALL reconciled transactions in the account (past, present, and future) and tallies them up to arrive at the starting balance figure. So, if you accidentally reconciled

Re: [GNC] Reconciling, Starting Balance Problem, Problem Reconciling Transactions

2025-01-01 Thread Doug via gnucash-user
As a user, I can only say most problems I have found like this can be caused by changes in another account that affect the subject account (ie where the money is transferred to/from). What I usually do is look at the unreconciled balance then look for the amount. Also, any changes I might have m

Re: [GNC] Reconciling, Starting Balance Problem, Problem Reconciling Transactions

2025-01-01 Thread David Cousens
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 transac

Re: [GNC] Reconciling, Starting Balance Problem, Problem Reconciling Transactions

2025-01-01 Thread Steve Butler
Is your starting balance higher or lower than expected? Off by how much? How far back is the running balance off? Maybe you accidentally deleted an earlier reconciled transaction. If you had simply unreconciled a transaction it would show up in the window to be checked off. I doubt you added a