On 6/19/19 12:21 AM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
> Follow up:
>
> Good Lord you guys are patient and gracious. I can
> be thick as a stone at times.
>
> I am now using the feature with confidence. Thank
> you!
>
> -T
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On Wednesday, 19 June 2019 08:21:08 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
> Follow up:
>
> Good Lord you guys are patient and gracious. I can
> be thick as a stone at times.
>
> I am now using the feature with confidence. Thank
> you!
>
> -T
Glad you had the patience too! it can be hard
Follow up:
Good Lord you guys are patient and gracious. I can
be thick as a stone at times.
I am now using the feature with confidence. Thank
you!
-T
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On 6/19/19 12:16 AM, Colin Law wrote:
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 00:56, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
wrote:
...
So basically, I need t wait for my next statement to come to "c" the
charges that did not make it on the current statement. So reconcile
will always be a month behind.
I think you
On Wed, 19 Jun 2019 at 00:56, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
wrote:
> ...
> So basically, I need t wait for my next statement to come to "c" the
> charges that did not make it on the current statement. So reconcile
> will always be a month behind.
I think you may be misunderstanding what the
If you ARE balanced (‘Difference’ = $0.00) then you don’t *need* to ‘balance’
anything, you need to `Finish` the reconciliation.
I know you are averse to it, but reading the manual would have saved you and
everyone else lots of time and confusion.
Heck, just hovering over the button and
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 7:11 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
>
>> Long delivery times make tracking charges/clearings more cumbersome, but not
>> impossible. Reconciliation isn’t concerned with that though.
>> The *purpose* of reconciliation is not to reconcile the transactions,
On 6/18/19 5:05 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
wrote:
2) use Balance with the starting date of my current
statement, so a month behind.
No, no, no, no.
Do *NOT* use the balance button unless the ‘Difference’ is something OTHER
On 6/18/19 4:50 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
> On 6/18/19 4:43 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote:
>
> I can user the thing in the lower right corner. Other
> wise I have to wait from the next statement to arrive to
> reconcile those that did not make it to the current statement.
And that is
On 6/18/19 5:07 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
It isn’t adding it without you telling it to, which you are doing when you
click the `Balance` button when you should not be, because you are already
balanced.
Oh It was a surprise the first time. Now I
expect and avoid it. Bozo's account gets a
On 6/18/19 5:00 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
To add on one more tidbit for an anticipated question:
What ??? Me??? I realize I can be thick as a rock at times.
It isn’t very likely that a charge will take more than 24 hours to settle.
(business sales charged on delivery with long lead
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 7:02 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
> On 6/18/19 4:56 PM, Maf. King wrote:
>> I'm slightly confused as to why dispatch dates matter in an accounting
>> program. It almost sounds like you are trying to use the reconcile workflow
>> for something that is
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> It is not adding spurious transactions. Certainly not on its own.
>
> It is adding what I did not check off as being on the statement.
> GRRR
It isn’t adding it without you telling it to, which you are
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:58 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
>
>
> 2) use Balance with the starting date of my current
> statement, so a month behind.
>
No, no, no, no.
Do *NOT* use the balance button unless the ‘Difference’ is something OTHER THAN
$0.00 after checking off all
On 6/18/19 4:56 PM, Maf. King wrote:
I'm slightly confused as to why dispatch dates matter in an accounting
program. It almost sounds like you are trying to use the reconcile workflow
for something that is not.
Just trying to get everything inside the balance date.
I do not use the "balance"
To add on one more tidbit for an anticipated question:
It isn’t very likely that a charge will take more than 24 hours to settle.
(business sales charged on delivery with long lead times would be different of
course) You might have a few that will be charged at the end of one period and
not
On 6/18/19 4:36 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
Adrian,
If it add spurious entries for translations that have not passed
during the date periods I am checking, it is useless. It would
only work if I altered all my charge dates to their actual
post date. That I DO NOT WANT.
The box in the
On Wednesday, 19 June 2019 00:47:26 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
> On 6/18/19 4:27 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> >> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:11 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
> >> wrote:>>
> >> On 6/18/19 3:41 AM, Maf. King wrote:
> >>> Things these days are generally much more
YES! That’s how it works. Unless you want to verify it online, then you can ‘c’
them earlier and likely just enter an ending balance and then click `Finish`
when the statement comes in. (maybe check off a few cleared items in the
interim to make sure you balance)
But that really isn’t a ‘month
On 6/18/19 4:43 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote:
What Adrian said. Once you understand this, then
reconciliation will make perfect sense, and you will never,
ever press the "balance" button (where that extra
transaction
you don't want came from) again.
Ron
Apologies, Adrien. You were the victim of
Thanks. I suspected as much, and it usually doesn’t bother me. But it has only
happened on very rare occasion, except one particular user who just doesn’t
bother to either notice, or fix it.
Regards,
Adrien
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:43 PM, Ronal B Morse wrote:
>
>> What Adrian said. Once you
On 6/18/19 4:27 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:11 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
wrote:
On 6/18/19 3:41 AM, Maf. King wrote:
Things these days are generally much more instant, although sometimes not as
instant as we might like.
HTH,
Maf
Not really.
By law,
> What Adrian said. Once you understand this, then
> reconciliation will make perfect sense, and you will never,
> ever press the "balance" button (where that extra
> transaction
> you don't want came from) again.
>
> Ron
>
Apologies, Adrien. You were the victim of an apparent auto-
correct
On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 18:27 -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
> >
> You shouldn’t need to enter a balancing transaction unless
> you aren’t balanced. And if you need to enter it, you
> *must* check it off (either via ‘c’ in the register or the
> checkbox in the reconciliation window) in order to
> Adrian,
>
> If it add spurious entries for translations that have not passed
> during the date periods I am checking, it is useless. It would
> only work if I altered all my charge dates to their actual
> post date. That I DO NOT WANT.
>
> The box in the lower right corner of the reconcile
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:11 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
> On 6/18/19 3:41 AM, Maf. King wrote:
>> Things these days are generally much more instant, although sometimes not as
>> instant as we might like.
>> HTH,
>> Maf
>
> Not really.
>
> By law, folks that take credit crds
On 6/18/19 4:20 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:04 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
wrote:
On 6/18/19 3:43 AM, Maf. King wrote:
Yep, the Balance button will insert a transaction into your account to make it
balance with the statement finishing total. It's effectively
> On Jun 18, 2019, at 6:04 PM, ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user
> wrote:
>
> On 6/18/19 3:43 AM, Maf. King wrote:
>> Yep, the Balance button will insert a transaction into your account to make
>> it
>> balance with the statement finishing total. It's effectively a short cut
>> when
>> you
On 6/18/19 3:41 AM, Maf. King wrote:
Things these days are generally much more instant, although sometimes not as
instant as we might like.
HTH,
Maf
Not really.
By law, folks that take credit crds in the USA are not allowed
to charge you until the item ships or gets processed. Sometimes
On 6/18/19 3:43 AM, Maf. King wrote:
Yep, the Balance button will insert a transaction into your account to make it
balance with the statement finishing total. It's effectively a short cut when
you can't be bothered to keep careful track of all your txns.
Maf.
Here is the rub. The date I
Yep, the Balance button will insert a transaction into your account to make it
balance with the statement finishing total. It's effectively a short cut when
you can't be bothered to keep careful track of all your txns.
Maf.
On Tuesday, 18 June 2019 10:43:19 BST ToddAndMargo via
On Tuesday, 18 June 2019 10:45:17 BST ToddAndMargo wrote:
> On 6/18/19 1:54 AM, Maf. King wrote:
>
> Finish will be greyed out until you get the "difference" to 0
>
>
> 7 is what it suppose to ber!
>
No it isn't.
the £7 is either on you bank statement or is not (yet, because the bank
On 6/18/19 1:54 AM, Maf. King wrote:
Finish will be greyed out until you get the "difference" to 0
7 is what it suppose to ber!
It is not checked off!
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On 6/18/19 1:53 AM, David T. wrote:
Michael,
I believe that ToddAndMargo clicked the "Reconcile" button in the
reconcile window, which is designed to create a balancing entry when
your reconciling doesn't work.
ToddAndMargo, Michael's suggestion to click the "Finish" button
On Tuesday, 18 June 2019 08:11:45 BST ToddAndMargo via gnucash-user wrote:
> On 6/17/19 11:47 PM, Michael Hendry wrote:
> > When you have checked the relevant entries in the reconciliation window
> > (as in your third screenshot), you’ll get a difference of $0.00.
> >
> > Now click on the
Michael,
I believe that ToddAndMargo clicked the "Reconcile" button in the reconcile
window, which is designed to create a balancing entry when your reconciling
doesn't work.
ToddAndMargo, Michael's suggestion to click the "Finish" button might be more
successful for you.
David T.
On
On 6/17/19 11:47 PM, Michael Hendry wrote:
When you have checked the relevant entries in the reconciliation window (as in
your third screenshot), you’ll get a difference of $0.00.
Now click on the “Finish” button, and the process will be complete, with the
transactions you have checked now
On 6/17/19 11:47 PM, Michael Hendry wrote:
Gnucash is calculating the ending balance “believing" that the $7 charge would
have hit your credit card, but your imaginary credit card statement would have
omitted it, leaving an ending balance of $135.
You need to enter $135 in the Reconcile
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