To help you find missing transactions that you should add to your account register, in the View list at the top of your account register, point to Sort by, and then select the view that best matches your bank statement (Bank or brokerage records of transactions processed in your accounts. Statements can be on paper, or they can be downloaded or imported from your bank's Web site. ) . Look for missing transactions, and for each one you need to add to your account register, click New, and follow the instructions.

For example, if your balance (In Money, the amount or value of an account as of a specific date. In the Advanced Account Register, it is the total of all the transactions in your account register; in the Essential Account Register, it is the amount in your account according to your bank the last time your account was updated online.) is off by $12.55, in the View list, point to Sort by, click Sort by Amount, and then look for a transaction in the amount of $12.55. If the transaction has cleared your bank, right-click the transaction, click Mark As, and then click Cleared (C) or Reconciled (R).

1. In the View list, point to Sort by, and then click Sort by Amount.
2. To limit the date range displayed in the account register, in the View list, click a date range to include.
3. Scan the list for matching amounts that may be duplicates of the same transactions, and then delete the duplicate transactions. To learn more, see the related topics below.

Mark the transactions on your bank statement to make sure you find them all and that they match your account register transactions exactly. If you receive your bank statements online or in e-mail, consider printing the statement to make it easier to mark the transactions.

Money sometimes adjusts the ending balance of an investment account based on the transaction history you download from your brokerage. For example, if the account includes a Buy transaction, Money may deduct the amount of the Buy from the account balance. If the ending balance doesn't match the balance at your bank or brokerage, try adjusting the opening balance in your account settings. To adjust your opening balance for an account:

1. In the account list, click the account you want to adjust.
2. In the left pane, click Change account settings.
3. Under Cash portion details, adjust the opening balance, and then click Done.

If you can't find the problem easily, and the amount is relatively insignificant, you may want to add a transaction to adjust and correct your account balance. To add a transaction, in the Account Register, click New. To help you remember that the transaction is a manual adjustment, you can add a note in the Memo field.