On Jun 2, 2009, at 7:04 AM, ciara belle wrote: > yes i am aware of the negative balance for credit cards -- the card is > reconciled - the starting balance from years ago is negative (i think > if the starting balance was wrong than it would not have reconciled). > also the balance on the left hand acct info screen is correct (and in > brackets show its negative - which is correct) > If the credit card has a negative balance, the amount in the accounts list will show up in parenthesis (U.S. formatting at least) and also show up in a red rounded rectangle badge.
> 1st - what does the greying signify on the left hand balance? Gray for a credit card means a positive balance (you've overpaid or have reversed the starting balance). > 2nd - it shows proper negative balance on right hand info.... but > positive balance (in grey) on left hand accounts column, and positive > balance on bottom info line. > This means you have your Charges and Payments reversed for at least the starting balance transaction. Click on it and look at the type in the Transaction Detail. > correct balance is -454.58 > it shows a positive 1149.48 - which according to it is an overpayment > of 694.90. which is not the case - since i have not paid the card > since i brought it to zero back in April -- and then that was just > under 200.00 payment. > (btw - i have no idea where to set the starting balance - except in > the 1st transaction.. but as i said it has been reconciling perfectly > so i dont think its that) You can reconcile a statement without having your account fully reconciled. Make sure you have the first transaction, which should be a starting balance transaction, as a Charge and confirm the amount. Next look at your first reconciled statement. The starting date should include the date of the starting transaction and the starting balance on that statement should be zero. If you need more help, feel free to send me more information (your document or screen shots) directly to [email protected]. Peace, Kevin Hoctor [email protected] No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
