[GNC] Dimensions in Accounts

[Colin Law]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 08:56, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Colin--
>
> Having top level accounts for entities only will work if all the subsidiary accounts are the proper type (that is, you can't mix asset accounts and liability accounts).

Agreed, but the OP only mentioned bank accounts, @Sachin do you have
other types of accounts that need to differentiate also?

Colin

>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 13:08, Colin Law
> <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it a big complication to have top level asset accounts Me and Wife
> (or whatever) with the relevant bank accounts under them?
>
> Colin
>
> On Mon, 29 Apr 2019 at 05:03, Sachin Danave <sachin.danave at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > This may sound like a feature request, but just wanted to know if anything
> > like this already exists.
> >
> > I am preparing accounts for 2 persons (me and my wife) in the same set up.
> > That gives me an advantage of seeing the whole financial status at one go.
> > However, for Taxation purposes, I would like to have a dimension that
> > specifies the owner of an account. E.g. A Bank account that is owned by me
> > and a bank account owned by my wife. I could do this using Subaccounts,
> > however, that complicates the Chart of Accounts substantially. Traditional
> > accounting packages deal with this by allowing to define a dimension to
> > different accounts, whereby you can classify the accounts. This
> > classification field then can be used in reporting.
> >
> > My basic question is, can we add such "custom" fields in Accounts ? If so,
> > any guidance is welcome !!!
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > Best Regards
> >
> > Sachin
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