[GNC] Reporting combinations of accounts

Michael or Penny Novack stepbystepfarm at comcast.net
Wed Apr 29 17:05:29 EDT 2020


On 4/29/2020 3:21 PM, Guardrail wrote:

> I find it kind of weird that the law allows couples to have joint assets,
> liabilities, income and expenses, but doesn't allow them to report jointly
> for tax purposes (unless, I guess, they go into proper business partnerships
> and maintain formal business accounts). So I want to know the right way to
> do it, and then ask if GnuCash can do that.

What jurisdiction? What kind of tax reporting?

Not of course a gnucash question, but in the US, for example, married 
couples can most certainly file income tax jointly (and unmarried via 
"head of household"). They are also allowed to file separately, but not 
required to.

Michael D Novack




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