Thanks for responding. I am clear that I want to have all the entities separate- I thought I had set them up that way, but cannot discern how to access them individually, and that's why I think I might have missed something in the initial set up and that they are combined.
-----Original Message----- From: Mike or Penny Novack <stepbystepf...@dialup4less.com> To: gnucash-user <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Sent: Mon, Aug 13, 2018 6:54 am Subject: Re: [GNC] keeping entities separate On 8/13/2018 8:52 AM, patrushkha via gnucash-user wrote: > I just started using Gnucash and thought I'd gotten through the learning > curve; I have 2 small businesses and entered both of them as well as my > personal data, but discovered they are all mixed together. At least I think > so, I'm not versed enough to understand how I got there or how to untangle > entities. > Can anyone suggest a process to separate them OR do I have to start all over? > > I'm also willing to hire someone to get me on track- Los Angeles area. > > Thank you so much, > Pat Oh dear. You are describing THREE entities here so ideally you should want to have three sets of books If you are showing somebody the set of books for one of the businesses (say you are selling it) no reason for this prospective buyer to see anything about the other business or your personal finances. I can't tell you whether better literally to start over or to disentangle (temporarily having FOUR sets of books). There are other questions you need to answer. For example, do these businesses have their own bank accounts? Or are you perforce going to remain somewhat entangled. Michael D Novack PS: If one or both of these "businesses" are small/minor it WOULD be possible to carry them within your main personal books. And still be able to see/report on each separately. BUT be advised that the chances of error would be very high because neither gnucash nor any other bookkeeping system would prevent you from entering a transaction in the wrong place. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
