David, I used the wrong terminology -- I should have said "starting balance". I am looking at 4.4.1 of the documentation ( https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v2.6/C/gnucash-guide/txns-reconcile1.html) and I did create a dummy transaction and then reversed it after the reconciliation. Do you believe this is just a one-time fix? I would doubt that since it wouldn't change the underlying starting balance. I think I am misunderstanding something here...
Thanks AEG Andrew Gross 917 750 6981 On Sun, May 14, 2017 at 9:51 PM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Andrew, > > What do you mean, you can't fix the opening balance? If you are talking > about your "Opening Balance" transaction, that is just another transaction, > and of course you can edit that. (The recent discussion about reversing > transactions was about a technicality for business books, and not necessary > for personal books) > > If you are talking about the "Starting Balance" when you reconcile each > month, take a look in the Guide at 4.4.1, and read the note there about how > to handle that. > > Either way, it's a one time fix. > > David > > > On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 6:20, Andrew Gross > <aegr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings -- have looked at a couple of old threads on reconciliation > issues that come close to this question, but not quite. In two of my > accounts (one asset; one liability) I committed a transgression; I > attempted to fix a reconciled transaction. Since then, I have to put in a > "fix" to balance each account. I add a bogus transaction; reconcile; and > then reverse the transaction. Essentially, I need to be able to reset the > opening balance in order to fix this. I know changing the opening balance > is not an option; is there an alternative so I can stop using the "bogus > transaction" method? > > Thanks everyone, > > > Andrew Gross > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > 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 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.