How Do I Start A New Bank Account

[David T.]

Well, yes, you lose *immediate, simultaneous* access to both sets of accounts. However, I believe that the more Accountantly types will point out that if you have separate books, you should keep them separate by putting them in different files. you can always File->Open either set of books.

David



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 From: Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz>
To: Andrew Sullivan <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com> 
Cc: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: How Do I Start A New Bank Account
 
I need to be able to switch back and forth - ie continue in 2012 with the
old bank account in one file and the new bank account in anther file.

I am maintaining the books for two clients, so I need to keep everything
separate.

If I go file -> new, will I loose access to the old bank account and it's
associated gnucash files?

Mark

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Andrew Sullivan <ajs at anvilwalrusden.com>wrote:

> If you mean, "I don't want any old expenditures or anything like that
> to be in any way related to the new account," then why not just start
> from scratch as though you're a completely new user?  (Save your old
> files, and put your new files in a different directory or, if need be,
> a different database.)
>
> A
>
> On Thu, Jan 05, 2012 at 04:06:21PM -0700, Mark Phillips wrote:
> > I have been using gnucash this past year for one bank account, and it has
> > worked very well. I want to start using it with another bank account, but
> > not combined in any way with my current account. I want to start with a
> > fresh set of accounts for the new bank account. Since all my financial
> info
> > is in gnucash, I am a little timid about changing anything.
> >
> > How do I start with a new set of accounts for the new bank account, while
> > still keeping the old accounts and old bank account going forward in the
> > new year?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mark
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