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RE: Forever the parent account has not had the correct balance (it should be the sum of the 3 sub-accounts), it is less than sub-account.
Your screenshot doesn't show anything like a parent account with three sub-accounts.
However, it is not correct to say that the parent account balance should always be the sum of the sub-accounts. That will only be true if you only record data in the sub-accounts directly and never in the parent account.
To find these transactions, right click on the parent account on your chart of accounts and pick QuickReport from the bottom of the menu that appears.
Each of the sub-accounts will appear first in a grouping and then at the end may be one that is labeled [Account Name] - Other
For example, here's my test, where the parent account balance is not the sum of the sub-accounts, which for testing each have just one check in them:
The QuickReport on the parent account looks like this. Note the " - Other" section for the Parent account - with its own transactions - and the Balance column where the subtotals show the actual individual account balances and the total of 16.00, which is the sum of the other three balances, and which appears on the chart of accounts for the parent account.
RE: Forever the parent account has not had the correct balance (it should be the sum of the 3 sub-accounts), it is less than sub-account.
Your screenshot doesn't show anything like a parent account with three sub-accounts.
However, it is not correct to say that the parent account balance should always be the sum of the sub-accounts. That will only be true if you only record data in the sub-accounts directly and never in the parent account.
To find these transactions, right click on the parent account on your chart of accounts and pick QuickReport from the bottom of the menu that appears.
Each of the sub-accounts will appear first in a grouping and then at the end may be one that is labeled [Account Name] - Other
For example, here's my test, where the parent account balance is not the sum of the sub-accounts, which for testing each have just one check in them:
The QuickReport on the parent account looks like this. Note the " - Other" section for the Parent account - with its own transactions - and the Balance column where the subtotals show the actual individual account balances and the total of 16.00, which is the sum of the other three balances, and which appears on the chart of accounts for the parent account.
