On Tue, 29 Jan 2019 at 11:24, Finbar Mahon <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK, let's go again. > > 1. I started using GNUCash with effect from 1.1.2018 > > 2. For this particular a/c the figure €3986.22 is the balance in the a/c, > taken from the bank statement on 28.12.2017, after the last transaction on > that date. > > 3. I had a non-zero opening balance, in the sense that I created (named) the > a/c in Gnucash and then started with the figure above, so that I could > continue from the previous a/c into 2018. Should I have ignored the opening > balance, the amount in the bank on 28.12.2017??
If I understand correctly then that is the correct way to do it. You entered an initial transaction so that the amount in the account in GC matched that in the bank. > > 4. Having worked our the logic of 'view' (not a whole lot in the help about > it, afaics.) I am working my way along another a/c tidying up things like > cheques being entered on the date they were written as opposed to the date > they were cleared, etc. I am making good progress, learning that I should do > reconciliations more often, some people take a long time to present the > cheques ;-) You should enter cheques with the date you write the cheque. That is the moment at which you take on that liability. The fact that has not yet cleared is irrelevant. The fact that the balance in the account doesn't match that in the bank does not matter. That will not affect the reconcile process as you are reconciling transactions on the bank statement against those in the account. Any cheques that have not cleared will simply be left unreconciled till they do clear. There is no need to change the date when it clears. > > > 5. The numbers on the screen grab are exactly what my problem is. In some of > my (very simple, not many entries) a/cs the numbers balance out nicely, as > they should. I appreciate that a 'perfect' reconciliation should have no > 'loose' centimes, but if the figures are within that sort of limit, I don't > worry, I am not auditing a multinational. Have you previously been going through the reconcile process and marking them off as reconciled, or is this the first time you have done a proper reconcile? If you think you have not previously reconciled anything then check that you see nothing when you use the view filter to only show reconciled transactions, if you think you have already reconciled stuff then check that you don't see anything unexpected when you view only unreconciled transactions. > > > Maybe I should just work on the appropriate 'view' in this a/c, say, month by > month, tidying up the issues, and see what happens? If there are not a vast number of transactions then one option is to unreconcile everything and start again, reconciling each month against the statements. Then you will find the problem. Reconciling each month as the statements come in is, I believe, the way most people work. Colin _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
