hey kev, thanks for your help...got it figured out.
but one other question... should the bucket totals match checking account total? the only reason i ask is because at the bottom of the reconcile page, there is a little message and at the end of it, it says something to the effect of "bucket balance..." and that is not what my ledger has. could you explain that please? thanks On Apr 3, 8:35 am, Kevin Hoctor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 2, 2009, at 11:58 PM, tony.spranger wrote: > > > i'm having some trouble getting things reconciled. > > > i've just spent the past 2 days going over my bank statements and MW > > register. > > > i found some problems the first time through and fixed those. On the > > second time through ALL statements match bank information, but my MW > > register is off by over $400. > > > any suggestions? (and i have watched the video) > > Tony, > > If the individual statements are reconciled but the daily balance > doesn't match your bank, it could be that your starting balance > transaction is wrong. > > If you don't have a starting balance transaction, follow these steps: > > 1. Click on your account and then click the Transactions title to > select all the transactions > 2. Write down the sum shown at the bottom of the window > 3. Find out your end of day balance from your bank as of the date of > your last transaction > 4. Subtract the total in step 2 from the balance in step 3 > 5. Add a new transaction and date it the day prior to your first > transaction > 6. Set the payee name to "Starting Balance" > 7. Set the amount to the value from step 5 > 8. Right-click the transaction and set the Bucket Optional flag > > Now you should be able to select a current transaction, look at the > end of day balance at the bottom of the window and it should match > your banks balance for that date. > > Peace, > > Kevin Hoctor > [email protected] > No Thirst Software LLChttp://nothirst.comhttp://kevinhoctor.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
