Easy. Don't mark it reconciled. Also make sure you enter in the correct statement ending balance. -derek -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity or typos.
On June 4, 2017 11:07:01 AM EDT, Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> wrote: >So what do you do if you have entered a cheque before the statement >date, but it had not been cleared when the bank printed the statement? > >Colin > >On 4 June 2017 at 14:53, mjchurchill <mjchurc...@aol.com> wrote: >> Colin, I check the stafting date and balance, then the end date, >finally the >> end balance; the end balance chages to match the Gnucash opinion of >the >> balance for that date. If that does not match the statement then >more work >> is needed. Mike >> >> >> >> >> Sent from Samsung tablet >> >> >> >> -------- Original message -------- >> From Colin Law <clan...@gmail.com> >> Date: 06/04/2017 6:08 AM (GMT-08:00) >> To stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com >> Cc gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> Subject Re: Reconciling an account >> >> >> Michael, Do you mean you do not start by setting the ending balance >in >> the reconcile opening dialog to that from the statement that you are >> reconciling against? >> >> Colin >> >> On 4 June 2017 at 12:29, Mike or Penny Novack >> <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> wrote: >>> On 6/3/2017 6:51 PM, EngineInstitute wrote: >>>> >>>> I am having problems reconciling an account. The starting balance >agrees >>>> with >>>> the statement but ending balance does not. OK so I changed the >ending >>>> balance to the correct one in the initial dialog box. I then went >on to >>>> the >>>> next task of checking all of the debts and credits. I did that and >>>> compared >>>> the sum of the total debt and credit amounts against the statement >so far >>>> ok. BUT the ending balance still does not agree even there are no >>>> additional >>>> debts logs and one outstanding credit and I cannot close the >account for >>>> that period. What am I missing? >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>> >>> What kind of account are we talking about? Since you mention >reconciling >>> against a statement is this a checking account? >>> >>> If so, have you ever reconciled a checkbook against bank statement >in the >>> old fashioned days, statement against your check register? If not, >you >>> likely have no clue what to look for. You do not start by "changing >an >>> amount"! Using GnuCash: >>> >>> 1) Confirm that there is nothing in either Imbalance or Orphan. If >there >>> is, >>> correct that problem first. >>> 2) Look at the statement from the bank. Are there any transactions >there >>> that have not been entered in GnuCash? << assuming that you can >recognize >>> these as valid transactions -- otherwise contact your bank to find >out >>> what >>> these were.>> >>> 3) Are any checks still outstanding (you wrote them, entered them in >>> GnuCash, but not (yet) returned against your account at the bank. >THAT is >>> why I referred to "old fashioned days" reconciling because you STILL >have >>> to >>> do this to get the same balance amounts. You EXPECT a difference in >the >>> balances (you vs bank) for the sum of all uncleared checks. >>> >>> Michael D Novack >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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. >_______________________________________________ >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.