# Bank account starting balances are wrong
**URL:** https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [March 7, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253 "2020-03-07T04:33:50Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@JAV](https://forum.manager.io/u/JAV)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/1 "2020-03-07T04:33:50Z")
I have looked thru the guides and cannot see how to correct my mistakes.
Help please.
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://forum.manager.io/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/2 "2020-03-07T04:43:06Z")
> [@JAV](#):
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> correct my mistakes.
> Help please
Not without some information on what you have entered (screen shots of edit screen) and what you think the result should be.
No one can see your Manager business file details but you.
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### Author:  [@Mark](https://forum.manager.io/u/Mark)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2020, 11:23am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/3 "2020-03-07T11:23:42Z")
It seems you still haven’t followed the recommendations posted in [Reconciliation problem - #38 by Tut](https://forum.manager.io/t/reconciliation-problem/26784/38)
If I were you (noting your lack of accounting knowledge), I would hire an accounting expert to set up Manager for you and adapt it to your particular business needs. From there on you can enter the movements by yourself, with the possibility to get help from the more experienced users on this forum.
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### Author:  [@JAV](https://forum.manager.io/u/JAV)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/4 "2020-03-08T00:33:56Z")
I have used MYOB since 1985. Manager’s terms and how it operates is different,
That is my only problem.
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### Author:  [@JAV](https://forum.manager.io/u/JAV)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/5 "2020-03-08T00:36:45Z")
Which edit screen do you want a screen shot of ?
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://forum.manager.io/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/6 "2020-03-08T01:43:53Z")
Settings → starting balance
And a drill down from there on at least one value which is not what you expect
And what source data you were entering in this edit screen
Note you can obscure data for accounts not in question and personally identifying data in a paint program.
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### Author:  [@JAV](https://forum.manager.io/u/JAV)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/7 "2020-03-08T01:52:49Z")
Is this what you need ?
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://forum.manager.io/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/8 "2020-03-08T02:24:41Z")
Yes
Then
1. Drill down or show the edit screen for one of the entries which is not behaving as you expect
2. And show a screen shot of the out put from Manager you believe is wrong
3. And tell us why it is not what you expect
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### Author:  [@JAV](https://forum.manager.io/u/JAV)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/9 "2020-03-08T05:30:40Z")
The Cash at bank should include the starting ballances of all the accounts totalling $3,787.99
Output from Manager is showing zeros where there should be figures. Starting balances are $0.
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### Author:  [@Patch](https://forum.manager.io/u/Patch)
#### Post date: [March 8, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/10 "2020-03-08T05:41:25Z")
- Click on the edit button for one of the Banks accounts which had a none zero balance at the start date you set in your Manager business.
- Have you entered that accounts starting balance there?
See
- **Starting Balances:** [Set start date](https://www.manager.io/guides/9783) | [Enter starting balances](https://www.manager.io/guides/15718)
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### Author:  [@JAV](https://forum.manager.io/u/JAV)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/11 "2020-03-09T07:28:16Z")
When I clicked on the Edit button, it only offered me Statement balance, not Start balance.
I have read thru the guide, but it does not tell me how to enter the start balance AFTER I have created the account,
My mistake.
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### Author:  [@sharpdrivetek](https://forum.manager.io/u/sharpdrivetek)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/12 "2020-03-09T07:35:06Z")
_Statement balance_ is the actual bank balance in your bank statement on the _Start Date_ you have set in Manager.
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### Author:  [@JAV](https://forum.manager.io/u/JAV)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/13 "2020-03-09T07:39:40Z")
Oh OK Thank you. I will enter the start balances now.
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### Author:  [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2023, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/bank-account-starting-balances-are-wrong/27253/14 "2023-01-18T14:56:32Z")