If you have a trust (I assume that it is for someone else), a business, and personal accounts, why not just have three separate books?
On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 1:37 AM Fred Tydeman <tydeman.f...@gmail.com> wrote: > When I first setup my file, all of the investments / securities were > organized by type: > Cash-US > Cash-International > Bonds-US > Bonds-International > Stock-US > Stock-International > RealEstate-US > RealEstate-International > > Sometime later, I learned about Trading accounts, so turned on that > feature. I noticed that the Trading accounts mirrored the Securities > organization. > > However, with my initial setup, I am finding it difficult to produce > some reports. So, I am thinking of redoing my chart of accounts. > > I have a business, a trust, and my personal items. Both the business > and the trust are passthru items for income tax purposes. So, for a > tax report or a net worth report, it would be best if all three were > in the same file. But, for balance sheet or income statement, it would > be best if the business and trust were each in their own file. > > The problem is some Trading accounts are a mixture of transactions from > personal, business, and/or trust. I need to seperate them so I can do > correct balance sheets. > > So, I am thinking of three sub-accounts: > Personal > Business > Trust > under each of: > Assets > Liabilities > Equity > Income > Expenses > Trading > > That way, it is easy to pick subsets of accounts (and their children) > for the balance sheet or income statement reports. > > Can I redo the Trading accounts setup and still have things work OK? > Do I also need to redo how the securities are organized? > > Aside: It is possible for the same security to end up in: > Personal - taxable > Personal - tax deferred (regular IRA) > Personal - tax free (Roth IRA) > Trust - taxable > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- _________________________________ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
