Re: [GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

2023-11-07 Thread G R Hewitt
One of the things (amongst many) I used to do when trying to track down reconciliation problems - such as yours in this case - was to look for the running balance total of the account in question that matched the start balance shown. This often flagged up errors of one sort or another that when

Re: [GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

2023-11-07 Thread David Carlson
John, If you review which transactions you are marking as reconciled while you perform the reconciliation, you will note that the list does not exactly match the list on your bank statement. The transactions that do not match will make up the difference, which could be missing from either list,

Re: [GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

2023-11-07 Thread John Reagan
Thanks for replying.  However, it doesn't work out as being okay.  When I use the */actions/reconcile/ *menu choice to reconcile my account, that false beginning balance is factored into the final balance.  Where it should be zero difference between cleared and reconciled balances, there is a

Re: [GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

2023-11-07 Thread Gyle McCollam
AS long as the ending balance is correct, you are good. Delete the correction transaction and procedd as normal. Thank You, Gyle McCollam Gyle McCollam gmccol...@live.com email From: gnucash-user on behalf of

[GNC] Account reconciliation -- Gnucash's beginning balance is incorrect.

2023-11-07 Thread John Reagan
Hello!     I have been using Gnucash for years to keep track of my personal finances and it has always done a good job for me. However, recently I was trying to reconcile my checking account and the starting balance in Gnucash's reconciliation popup window was not only wrong, but showed a

Re: [GNC] Recording medical reimbursements

2023-11-07 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 11/6/2023 10:53 PM, Andrew Gross wrote: I have various expense accounts for medical expenses. When I receive an insurance check, I record these against the medical expense accounts so the yearly totals will show (approximately) what I have actually paid over the year. Lately, I have been

Re: [GNC] Recording medical reimbursements

2023-11-07 Thread Mahon Finbar via gnucash-user
FWIW, I do the same, since the insurance are not generous, I have a 'solde' to pay ;) Finbar On 07/11/2023 05:17, Jediator wrote: I would use the same expense account to record refund, since the refund reduces your medical expenses. -- JC On 11/6/23 10:53 PM, Andrew Gross wrote: I have