Hi all, Thanks for the feedback, though I preferred to have received it while we were actually working in that area :(
So really the only elements to reconcile on are transaction date and amount ? Geert Op vrijdag 11 januari 2019 03:36:15 CET schreef David Cousens: > Geert, > > My opinion is much the same as Adriens' . The critical information you are > verifying against a statement is: > > the timing (date and/or time) and > amount of the split to the account being reconciled. > > Where data has been manually eneterd into GnuCash, the date may not be the > same necessarily as a statement as they will record the date and/or time > relevant to the handling of the transaction in their hands which may be > different from your own - can be importnat for contracts for example. > > I also feel that changing the amount in splits other than the split to the > reconciled account should not trigger unreconciliation of a reconciled split > ( which is the crrent position). > > Any other information, while it may assist with identifying reconciliation > (e.g description memo etc), it is not the information which is being > reconciled itself. > > In addition the critical information that defines that transaction's > identity, i.e. internal GnuCash transaction ID needs to be protected. > > My bank doesn't provide in a statement their transaction ID's, or > transaction time and any description provided is from their perspective not > mine. My statement is pretty minimal: > > Date Descriotion Debit Credit Balance > Balance State (Db/Cr) > > It is interesting that the OFX files I import from my bank often contain > much more information than the statements. They however are created on > demand whereas my statement often comes out a few weeks weeks after the end > of the relevant period and does not contain any pending events etc and any > clearances have been resolved. With electronic clrearance times now being > very short, these sort of discrepancies in accounts are now generally fairly > infrequent now > > While accounts with bank statements (asset, liabilities) will be the most > commonly reconciled accounts, they are not necessarily the only ones. In the > days when I ran a business, I could request and received statements form > vendors and supplied them to customers to verify that we agreed on what was > owed to them or by them. If you track income or expense by customer or > vendor then you may also find yourself reconciling these, especially if > there is a dispute. > > > David Couens > > > > ----- > David Cousens > -- > Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- > 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 If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.