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Can't reconcile 2011

This is driving me crazy. When I try to reconcile my checking account that was d/l from B of A, I get the screen where I put the ending statement balance & closing date. I verified the starting balance is correct. On the next screen, I verify all checked items are on the statement. The problem is

2 of my deposits are not displayed on this screen. This is preventing me from reaching zero & moving on. These 2 deposits are correctly dated & I can see them in the reg at the correct location date wise. I right clicked on the deposit & tried different cleared settings but it will not show up. I tried a repair but nothing was corrected. In the reg, the ending balance is correctly displayed in the running total, and my ending balance is correct. What can I do & can I undo what I might have done?
Reply to
Scott W
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Is it possible you've set the wrong ending date for the statement? I've done that and the reconcile fails to show transactions made in the last couple of days of the month.

Reply to
XS11E

Hi, Scott.

Sounds OK to me, especially since...

A reconciliation is supposed to be like a snapshot or a portrait, not a movie. The blow-by-blow movie is in the Register The reconciliation is concerned only with DIFFERENCES between the final balances. When the balances agree, the reconciliation's job is done. ;

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R. C. White

Coming from an accounting background, I tried all these simple fixes & checked all dates. Everything is set right. There is something corrupt in my file. Once again, the reg has the correct running balance & the dates are correct. I just can't progress through the rec process as the 2 missing deposits are preventing me from matching the bank balance. I miss MS Money more every day.

Hi, Scott.

Sounds OK to me, especially since...

A reconciliation is supposed to be like a snapshot or a portrait, not a movie. The blow-by-blow movie is in the Register The reconciliation is concerned only with DIFFERENCES between the final balances. When the balances agree, the reconciliation's job is done. ;

Reply to
Scott W

You could check the posted date of the transactions that are not displaying. Go to the transaction. Press on the star to get the action menu. While holding the ctrl key, click on copy. You should get a display that shows the posted date. I believe, but have not tried this, that you can change it.

Note that it's the posted date that controls what is in the reconcile, not the transaction date.

Capital One credit cards have been getting this wrong for a while now so it can happen.l

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Marc Auslander

"Marc Auslander" wrote

You could check the posted date of the transactions that are not displaying. Go to the transaction. Press on the star to get the action menu. While holding the ctrl key, click on copy. You should get a display that shows the posted date. I believe, but have not tried this, that you can change it.

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Yes, "Posting Date" is what is compared to the reconcile statement ending date. Transaction date doesn't matter.

And yes, the dialog box that allows you to view the posting date will also allow you to modify the posting date. [I just right-click the transaction to get the "Copy transaction(s)" option ... sometime my gear-wheel is off the screen ... and some users don't display the "Action Buttons".]

If the posting date is blank (which it is when you manually enter a transaction), it should qualify for any reconcile, regardless of reconcile statement ending date.

[You can view the "downloaded posting date" in a register column of its own in the newest Quicken versions and sort on that column ... but that date doesn't change if you manually change the posting date using the instructions you posted.]
Reply to
John Pollard

Thank you Marc & John! This method worked. I changed the posted date to the transaction date & it showed up in rec screen. I am now in balance with bank. Really don't know what we would do without these newsgroups. I would never have found that feature in the help files.

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Scott

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