Most people would have separate books for a business and for personal, possibly also the trust, if it has its own Tax ID (at least in the US).
Alex On Sun, Apr 23, 2023 at 9:00 AM <gnucash-user-requ...@gnucash.org> wrote: > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Fred Tydeman <tydeman.f...@gmail.com> > To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 09:36:29 +0300 > Subject: [GNC] Reorganize Trading accounts > 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.
