When I write a post dated cheque and the recipient cashed it prematurely, most banks these days don’t blink an eyelash.
While rare, this is a case where a transaction dated after the reconciliation window needs to be included. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 7, 2023, at 5:29 PM, Gyle McCollam <gmccol...@live.com> wrote: > > I to don't see the need to include transactions whose date falls beyond the > closing date of the reconciliation. Gnucash could cutoff any transactions > whose date is after the closing date. However, I will say that I have gotten > used to this little quirk and since I import most of my monthly transactions > (and the financial institution knows how to cut off transactions beyond the > closing date) using QFX, when I reconcile the needed transactions have > already been checked and the ones after the closing have not. Even though in > a manual reconciliation you wouldn't even look at transactions after the > closing date, it does no harm to include them. > > > Thank You, > > Gyle McCollam > > Gyle McCollam > > gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com> email > > ________________________________ > From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+gylemc=gmail....@gnucash.org> on > behalf of David T. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2023 3:54 PM > To: Kevin T <neviki...@yahoo.com> > Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Subject: Re: [GNC] reconcile dates > > Your records and the bank's differ. The reconciliation date may include > entries that you've entered with later dates, and how would GnuCash determine > the proper cutoff? > > Personally, I don't have trouble determining when the difference figure goes > to 0. > > David T. > >> On Jan 7, 2023, 11:45 PM, at 11:45 PM, Kevin T via gnucash-user >> <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: >> Is there some reason that the reconcile feature looks past the closing >> date specified? >> I have imported numerous months of transactions for an account. Trying >> to reconcile only the first month with 0 balance and 0 transactions >> before the starting date. I provide the 'statement date' to the >> reconcile feature and it brings up every transaction entered, even the >> ones after the 'statement date'. >> This is not how a person would reconcile this. We could concern >> ourselves with on the transactions that occur before the closing date >> 'statement date'. >> Is there something I am missing ? >> Kevin >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > 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 > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > 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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
