Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread David Cousens
My bad the credit column got wiped off by nabble wrap at 75 chars. There was generally a credit row for each of the debit rows shown but it now appears as an extreme left column. - David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread Liz
On Mon, 3 Sep 2018 09:42:56 -0400 Jens Dill wrote: > So I have at least 5 pots of money: the two trusts, the two > businesses and my personal funds (cash, bank accounts, and IRAs). > Each has its own liabilities, assets, income, expenses, and equity. Currently I am "only" managing 4 entities.

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread David Cousens
Jens, If you were to try and maintain enough separation of the affairs of your companies and trusts in one set of books, you would have to duplicate the transactions in any case. To keep a record of what is paid for from your personal account for each entity you would need to run a virtual bank

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread Mike or Penny Novack
On 9/3/2018 12:33 PM, Jens Dill wrote: On 2018-09-03 12:28 PM, Jens Dill wrote: And, I should add, my CPA has told me she would be perfectly happy if I kept everything in spreadsheets. Sure she would. You are paying her for her time. But do not sell spread sheets short. If you had learned

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I’m not certain about allowable characters but the Account Code is used for sorting. Formal accounting procedures use somewhat standardized charts of accounts which are coded by number. All asset accounts are in a certain range, liabilities in their own range, etc. Rather than refer to accounts

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread Jens Dill
On 2018-09-03 12:28 PM, Jens Dill wrote: On 2018-09-03 11:52 AM, David Cousens wrote: This is strictly an accounting question as the accounting solution will be very dependent upon the legislation governing the trust in your jurisdiction Your point is well taken. I am consulting my CPA.

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread Jens Dill
On 2018-09-03 11:52 AM, David Cousens wrote: This is strictly an accounting question as the accounting solution will be very dependent upon the legislation governing the trust in your jurisdiction Your point is well taken. I am consulting my CPA. But the purpose of my bookkeeping is simply

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread David Cousens
Jens, This is strictly an accounting question as the accounting solution will be very dependent upon the legislation governing the trust in your jurisdiction. Generally speaking an entity whch has to file a separate tax return is likely to be a separate legal entity and as such should really

Re: [GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread floppy5.25
On Monday, September 3, 2018 8:42:56 AM -05 Jens Dill wrote: ..snip > > So I have at least 5 pots of money: the two trusts, the two businesses > and my personal funds (cash, bank accounts, and IRAs). Each has its own > liabilities, assets, income, expenses, and equity. I've rejected the >

[GNC] How to best set up account structure for multiple Tax IDs?

2018-09-03 Thread Jens Dill
I'm new to GnuCash. I need an accounting package because I am now in the position of having four different tax identification numbers (and thus four different tax returns to prepare). Briefly, the situation is that I'm recently widowed. My wife and I had a living trust, and on her death the