True, and sometimes I move the transaction to the actual month. But if it’s supposed to happen in the future, and happens now instead, if gnucash isn’t showing me pending transactions after the closing date, then reconciling is harder because I won’t get the reminder that the credit union was early in my favor. -- Dave Reiser [email protected]
> On Jan 7, 2023, at 5:50 PM, Gyle McCollam <[email protected]> wrote: > > Technically, if your credit union credits the January payment in December and > you have access to the money in December it should be credited in your books > in December, not January. However, if you enter it as January in your books, > I can see why you would need to have Gnucash look past the end date. This > happens to me as well, but I record the transaction in the month it happens, > not when it is supposed to happen. > > Thank You, > Gyle McCollam > Gyle McCollam > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> email > From: David Reiser <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2023 5:43 PM > To: Gyle McCollam <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: Kevin T <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; David T. > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>; Gnucash Users > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [GNC] reconcile dates > > My credit union activates deposits for my account when received. Deposits > from outside that are intended for the first of the month are usually > credited in the prior month. When that happens, I need gnucash to look beyond > the end of the month for the transaction that represents a January payment > credited in December, or my reconciliation will fail. > -- > Dave Reiser > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > > > > >> On Jan 7, 2023, at 5:27 PM, Gyle McCollam <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 >> >> [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> email >> >> ________________________________ >> From: gnucash-user <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of >> David T. via gnucash-user <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2023 3:54 PM >> To: Kevin T <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Cc: Gnucash Users <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> 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 >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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 >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> 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 >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 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 >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 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 [email protected] 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. 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