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<title>Reconciliation Window</title>
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<h1>Reconciliation Window</h1>
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<p> The Reconciliation window is used to reconcile cleared
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transactions from a bank statement. Enter a dollar amount from
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your last bank statement in the box, and then click <tt>
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OK</tt> . The window will then show all unreconciled
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transactions since your last bank statement. The reconcile
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window looks like this:</p>
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<p><br>
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<img src="recnwin.gif"><br>
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</p>
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<p> The Reconciliation window is used to reconcile the user's
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records at the end of the month. This involves validating the
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transactions in GnuCash against the transactions indicated on
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your bank statement.</p>
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<p> For example, when you write a check for something, you
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should enter the transaction into GnuCash.</p>
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<p> At the end of the month, you receive your bank statement,
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perhaps including canceled checks. At <em> that</em> point,
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you should "reconcile" the account, that is, agree your
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personal records to the documentation provided by the bank.</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Open the reconcile window, and GnuCash will prompt you to
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enter the ending balance from the bank statement.</li>
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<li>Then the reconcile window will pop-up, and you will see a
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credit and a debit column that lists all the non-reconciled
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transactions.<br>
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<br>
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</li>
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<li>
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Now, examine each item on the bank statement.
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<p> If a check has cleared, as indicated by your bank
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statement, you should click the field between the
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description and payment fields, and it will then change
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from <tt>n</tt> to <tt>c</tt>, indicating the transaction
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has <b>c</b>cleared.</p>
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<p> You then repeat this for each item that appears on the
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bank statement, verifying that the amounts match with the
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amounts in GnuCash, and marking off transactions in GnuCash
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as they are reconciled.</p>
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</li>
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<li>At the bottom of the window is a difference field, which
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should be $0.00 when you are done reconciling. If it isn't,
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then you have either missed transactions, or some amounts may
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be incorrect in GnuCash. (Or, probably rather less likely,
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the bank may have made an error.)<br>
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<br>
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</li>
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<li>When you have completed marking off all the items on the
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bank statement, and when the difference heads to $0.00, you
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should press <tt>Ok</tt>, then the <tt>n</tt> or <tt>c</tt>
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in the transactions that were checked off will change to a
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<tt>y</tt>, indicating that they have been validated to agree
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between the bank statement and your own records.<br>
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<br>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>When you change anything in a transaction that has been
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reconciled, a dialog box warning you that such changes are
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unwise should pop up, but this doesn't seem to happen
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anymore.</p>
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<p> Also, the "cleared" total at the bottom seems to display
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<tt>$0.00</tt> regardless of what transactions are cleared or
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reconciled.</p>
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<p> The "cleared" total should display the total of only the
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transactions that have been cleared (<tt>c</tt>) or reconciled
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(<tt>y</tt>).</p>
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<hr>
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<p> Return to <a href="xacc-main.html"> Main Documentation
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Page.</a></p>
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