I am new to this forum so hopefully I have done this correctly.  I am trying to do a bank reconciliation for the first month of a new year.  The opening balance is from many years of deposits.  All outstanding cheques and withdrawals were cleared in the previous month (which was the last month of the previous year-end) -  I am trying to follow the instructions for first reconciliation, but when I put in my starting balance and end balance and then go to "add Prior" - and I say okay (because there are no outstanding withdrawals)  then on the next window I have a discrepancy which is the amount of my opening balance.? I am not sure what I am doing wrong??  I am desperate for help as I have to have this set of books completed this weekend.  Thanks in advance for help.