OK, I can't figure this out.
I went to reconcile my checking account. Usually takes only seconds. This time, I noticed the opening balance in the reconciliation dialog box was off by the exact amount as one of my paychecks. I looked at my register and found a paycheck marked as reconciled that should not have been (dated after the statement closed). So I changed it from "R" to "c".
I attempt to reconcile again and this time I get a dialog box titled "Reconciliation Notice". Apparently, the sum total of my reconciled transactions no longer matched the ending balance of previous statements. I am offered to resolve or ignore the issue. If I choose to resolve, I get a another dialog box titled "Prior Statements", but only one is listed...dated after the one I am trying to balance and therefore not possible (unless an error was done before but unlikely). That gives me further options...one inserts a transaction equal too the amount it is off (not correct, the entries in the register are correct as we'll see later), or it gives me the chance to reconcile again. When I select THAT option, it has an opening balance of zero, and an ending balance with the same error I had earlier. Afraid to continue down that path so I cancel out.
So, I go back to reconcile, get a the same "Reconciliation Notice" dialog box, this time I select ignore and I get the normal reconciliation box with the right opening balance. I fill in the ending balance and the ending date and up comes the normal double pane window with deposits on the right and payments on the left. Then I notice one of the deposits on my statement is not listed in the deposits window. I go to the register and verify that yes, it is there. No explanation.
So as a test, I un-reconcile the previous months statement by turning all the "R"s back to "c"s on those transactions. Same problem, same bad statement is showing up with the paycheck error. So I go back one more month. Same thing. This time I select ignore again, and I find yet another paycheck missing from the deposit list, but IS in the register and IS NOT marked as reconciled.
What gives here? Can anyone help?
Thanks AFJ