Subsidiary virtual accounts

[Liz]

On Sat, 14 Jan 2017 15:03:24 -0800 (PST)
virtual <cliff at oneuk.com> wrote:

> I'm totally new to Gnucash and I'm not an accountant.
> 
> My needs are simple: *I am* self-employed, I have income and expenses
> from that. My *wife* is an artist, she also has income and expenses.
> In addition to this we have other *household* income and expenses.
> There is some interaction between these activities.
> 
> I want to see a balance sheet for each of these three and an overall
> balance for the whole thing. Can this be done?
> 
> 
> 

Your needs are simple - but do you need all of these separate for tax
reporting?

Of course this can be done, but a combination of tools would be my way
of doing it. I would have 3 separate files (or sets of books) in
Gnucash, and make the overall balance with the assistance of a
spreadsheet program.

Liz