That’s not what Murugan demanded, a special set of accounts that balance separately from the “real” accounts.
Regards, John Ralls > On 7 Apr 2025, at 12:42, Michael or Penny Novack via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > On 4/7/2025 10:12 AM, Murugan Mariappan wrote: >> GNUCash should implement a Contingent GL feature. This shadow ledger would >> track unrealized items like unvested options and non-performing asset >> accruals without affecting real book balances. >> Benefits include: > > > It is NOT "out of scope" because available now. Absolutely nothing prevents > you from having a second set of books under gnucash to track such things. > Nothing prevents you from keeping a set of books for a virtual entity* > > Michael D Novack > > (*) Example, when we installed a solar system, I wanted to CORRECTLY track > how it paid itself off. Correctly, not ignoring things like the time value of > money, how it affected other expenses (property insurance, taxes, etc,) > > So I created a virtual entity "Solar System", which operated on capital > borrowed from us at the then current rate for 20 year money. This entity was > credited with income like utility bills paid, tax credits, sales of SRECs, > etc. It was charged expenses like interest on the BLOC, portion of property > insurance premium, income tax on sale of SRECs, etc. When it had accumulated > "profits" these used to make principle payments on th BLOC. When the balance > of the BLOC down to zero, paid off. It is now accumulating its > repair/replacement fund. > _______________________________________________ > 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. _______________________________________________ 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.
