On 7/12/2023 8:12 AM, Chris Green wrote:
This is as much an accounting question as a GnuCash one but how one
does this depends on the sofware's capabilities so it makes sense
to ask here.
Our church has two main accounts (as in places where money is kept), a
current account at a bank, and a 'building fund' kept in a building
society savings account.
I run two separate instances of GnuCash, one for the current account
and one for the building fund. Both of these are run on a 'cash
accounting' basis so the balances in GnuCash exactly match the
statements from the bank and building society.
Let's assume that there is a good reason to have separate books << I can
think of a number* -- keep in mind that I was treasurer of several
organizations >> In other words, there might be no good reason for this
church but might for another.
a) Yes, there can be errors going between the books. So you want to
minimize the number of between the books transactions. See if there
could be a transfer only of "net" every so often
b) You will need to use some thought for the accounts you will want to
contain parts of transactions that pertain to the other entity.
Michael D Novack
* For example, a quasi independent org/fund is legally under a parent
501(3)3. The treasurer of the org/fund has to report certain things to
the treasurer of the 501(c)3 and there may actually also be money
transferred between them (they may be collecting money on each other's
behalf and making payments on each other's behalf. But do you not see
that no matter how many such transactions in a month need only one money
transfer between them and one report per month (assuming getting things
right between these entities once a month)
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