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 <chapter id="details.reconcile">
 <chapterinfo>
   <authorgroup>
     <author> &Michael.T.Edwardes; &Michael.T.Edwardes.mail; </author>
   </authorgroup>
   <date>2010-07-21</date>
   <releaseinfo>4.5</releaseinfo>
 </chapterinfo>
 
 <title>Reconciliation</title>
 
 <sect1 id="details.reconcile.whatis">
 <title>What is reconciliation?</title>
 
 <para>
   Reconciliation is the process of matching the transactions you have entered
   into &kmymoney; with the transactions listed for that account by the
   institution.  This is most commonly done with the list of transactions in a
   statement, be it a bank statement, credit card statement, loan statement, or
   any other statement. It can also be done against an on-line listing of the
   account, although this is less common.  If any discrepancies are found, then
   either you or the person who created the statement have made a mistake.
 </para>
 
 <para>
   To reconcile an account, choose your account from the drop down box and click
   on the <guiicon><inlinemediaobject><imageobject><imagedata fileref="reconcile.png"
   format="PNG"/></imageobject></inlinemediaobject></guiicon> reconcile icon, select
   the <menuchoice><guimenu>Account</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Reconcile...</guimenuitem>
   </menuchoice> menu item or use the <keycombo>&Ctrl;&Shift;<keycap>R</keycap></keycombo>
   shortcut.
 </para>
 </sect1>
 
 <sect1 id="details.reconcile.wizard">
 <title>The reconciliation wizard</title>
 <para>
   This will open the reconciliation wizard.  The first page of the wizard
   briefly describes the process you will follow.  Click
   on <guibutton>Next</guibutton> to actually start the wizard.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 <screenshot>
         <screeninfo>Reconciliation wizard</screeninfo>
         <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
         <imagedata fileref="reconcile1.png" format="PNG" />
         </imageobject>
         <textobject>
         <phrase>Reconciliation wizard</phrase>
         </textobject>
         </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </para>
 
 <sect2 id="details.reconcile.wizard.statement">
 <title>Statement details</title>
 <para>
   The statement date, starting balance, and ending balance can be found in your
   statement.  Make sure that the figures match and click on
   the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button.  If the figures do not match then
   enter the figures as listed on your statement and click on
   the <guibutton>Next</guibutton> button.
 </para>
 
 <para>
 <screenshot>
         <screeninfo>Reconciliation wizard</screeninfo>
         <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
         <imagedata fileref="reconcile2.png" format="PNG" />
         </imageobject>
         <textobject>
         <phrase>Reconciliation wizard</phrase>
         </textobject>
         </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="details.reconcile.wizard.interest">
 <title>Interest</title>
 <para>
   If the statement reconciliation is on a bank account or any account with
   interest and/or charges fees, then enter these values in the appropriate
   fields.  A category can be assigned for each of these amounts.
 </para>
 
 <note>
 <para>
   The interest field is for interest you gained. If you have to pay interest,
   &eg;, for a credit card account, this has to be entered as a charge.
 </para>
 </note>
 
 <para>
 <screenshot>
         <screeninfo>Reconciliation wizard</screeninfo>
         <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
         <imagedata fileref="reconcile3.png" format="PNG" />
         </imageobject>
         <textobject>
         <phrase>Reconciliation wizard</phrase>
         </textobject>
         </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </para>
 
 <para>
   Click on <guibutton>Continue</guibutton> to start matching your statement to
   what you have entered.  Note that this completes the Reconciliation Wizard,
   but not the process of reconciliation.  It also changes the ledger display by
   only showing transactions that have not already been marked as reconciled.  As
   described below, you still need to clear transactions and then tell &kmymoney;
   that the account is reconciled.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="details.reconcile.wizard.clearing">
 <title>Clearing transactions</title>
 <para>
   During the reconciliation, any transaction can be edited to make it match the
   statement, and new transactions can be created as usual.  To mark a
   transaction as cleared, click on the <guilabel>C</guilabel> column in the list
   view.  A transaction is cleared when it matches the transaction on your
   statement.
 </para>
 
 <para>
   The command frame (just below the transaction list area) displays the
   statement amount on the left, the cleared amount in the center, and the
   difference on the right.  As you mark transactions cleared, these values
   update to show the change.
 </para>
 
 <para>
   Note, however, that as reconciliation is the process of matching the data in
   your account with that on a statement, changes to any transaction with dates
   after the statement date you entered in the wizard will be saved, but will not
   have any effect on the cleared amount shown in the command frame.
 </para>
 
 <screenshot>
         <screeninfo>Reconciliation wizard</screeninfo>
         <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
         <imagedata fileref="reconcile4.png" format="PNG" />
         </imageobject>
         <textobject>
         <phrase>Reconciliation wizard</phrase>
         </textobject>
         </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 id="details.reconcile.complete">
 <title>Completing Reconciliation</title>
 
 <sect3 id="details.reconcile.finish">
 <title>Finishing Reconciliation</title>
 <para>
   When the difference between the statement and the cleared balance is zero then
   the account is reconciled and you can click the <guibutton>Finish</guibutton>
   button.  When you do this, &kmymoney; takes all the transactions which have
   been marked as cleared and marks them as reconciled, and the value in the
   <guilabel>C</guilabel> column changes from <quote>C</quote> to
   <quote>R</quote> to reflect the change. In addition, it saves the changes and
   records that the account has been reconciled. (You still need to save the file
   to permanently save all the changes.)
 </para>
 </sect3>
 
 <sect3 id="details.reconcile.postpone">
 <title>Postponing Reconciliation</title>
 <para>
   If you're having trouble completing the reconciliation, or you need to gather
   some additional information before you can complete the process, you can
   postpone the process to a later time by clicking on the
   <guibutton>Postpone</guibutton> button. When you do this, &kmymoney; remembers
   the values you entered when you started the wizard, it does not mark cleared
   transactions as reconciled, and it returns the ledger to its normal view.  If
   you exit &kmymoney; before clicking either <guibutton>Finish</guibutton> or
   <guibutton>Postpone</guibutton>, it has the same effect as clicking
   <guibutton>Postpone</guibutton>.  Any edits you have made, such as marking
   transactions cleared or entering new transactions, are not touched, and you
   can still save them before you exit &kmymoney;.  However, you will have to run
   the reconciliation wizard again in order to reconcile the account.
 </para>
 
 <para>
   When you run the reconciliation wizard on this account the next time,
   &kmymoney; remembers the values you entered when you previously ran the
   wizard, and you will be able to change them, if necessary.  In this case, the
   initial screen of the wizard is different, to remind you of this.
 </para>
 
 <screenshot>
         <screeninfo>Reconciliation wizard</screeninfo>
         <mediaobject>
         <imageobject>
         <imagedata fileref="reconcile-redo.png" format="PNG" />
         </imageobject>
         <textobject>
         <phrase>Reconciliation wizard</phrase>
         </textobject>
         </mediaobject>
 </screenshot>
 
 </sect3>
 </sect2>
 </sect1>
 
 </chapter>