[GNC] two instances on different books

[Liz]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 09:35:39 -0600
Brook Milligan via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> 
> Fair question.
> 
> I have a situation in which I have to manage a pair of books, one
> from the perspective of each side of some of the transactions.  An
> example would be if I am managing books for both a company and a
> customer, but in my case the two entities are much more closely
> coupled than suggested by that example.  Because some (many) of the
> transactions must be entered in both books yet refer to the same
> activity, I was thinking that having both open at once would allow
> immediate checking that transactions match, simply by looking from
> one window to the other.

Here is a simple example
I buy something for the company but use my private credit card which
has low international fees.
I put the entry both in the private book [Credit Card & Company
Owes Me accounts]
and in the company book [Owe Private, Expense Account and Tax Accounts]


Liz