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From: Jerry Boyle on 11 Jun 2010 13:38 "XS11E" <xs11eNO(a)SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D93543B0D700xs11eyahoocom(a)127.0.0.1... > At the beginning of May I received my April statement and reconciled > w/o any problem. When I received my May statement (early June) I > attempted to reconcile the account but the beginning balance was about > $4,000 too high! > > What could possibly cause this? > > I KNOW the opening balance and closing balance in April were correct, > how could the opening balance for May be anything other than the > closing balance for April? > > HELP, please? > I often copy-and-paste existing reconciled transactions then clear the R status and set the date to today. Could you possibly have done the same but forgotten to change the date and clear the R? If so, sorting the register by order entered should flush out the culprit(s). Jerry
From: XS11E on 11 Jun 2010 14:03 "R. C. White" <rc(a)grandecom.net> wrote: > If the ending balance reconciles, then the opening balance is of > only academic interest. > > If the ending balance does NOT reconcile, then you need to > identify the non-reconciling item, even if it occurred in some > earlier period. It didn't reconcile, it's off by the same amount as the opening balance. > Quite often, a check or deposit that is outstanding on April 30 > will clear in May. I really didn't write any $4,000 checks last month. > If all else fails, go back and reconcile LAST month-end again. Last month reconciled correctly as stated in my post and I did go back and reconcile again to no avail.... -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: XS11E on 11 Jun 2010 14:04 "Jerry Boyle" <jerryboyle(a)att.net> wrote: > I often copy-and-paste existing reconciled transactions then clear > the R status and set the date to today. Could you possibly have > done the same but forgotten to change the date and clear the R? I never copy and paste so I doubt that's it? > If so, sorting the register by order entered should flush out the > culprit(s). That's worth a look, thanks. -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/
From: Jerry Boyle on 11 Jun 2010 14:29 "XS11E" <xs11eNO(a)SPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message news:Xns9D93543B0D700xs11eyahoocom(a)127.0.0.1... > At the beginning of May I received my April statement and reconciled > w/o any problem. When I received my May statement (early June) I > attempted to reconcile the account but the beginning balance was about > $4,000 too high! > > What could possibly cause this? > > I KNOW the opening balance and closing balance in April were correct, > how could the opening balance for May be anything other than the > closing balance for April? > > HELP, please? > Here's a cumbersome method that should work if all else fails. If a very old transaction has been deleted it might be your only hope. Restore a known-to-be-correct backup copy of your DB on a laptop and compare the current and backup registers to find the line(s) at which the balance differs. Printing the backup register or flipping between the two DBs will also work if you can't find a 2nd computer. Jerry
From: XS11E on 11 Jun 2010 14:57
XS11E <xs11eNO(a)SPAMyahoo.com> wrote: > I really didn't write any $4,000 checks last month. I should NEVER trust my memory, the error is $17,414.86 which is, BTW, more than my total spending OR total deposits in the last two months -- XS11E, Killing all posts from Google Groups The Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |