We run multiple companies as a joint operation. They need to be independent corporations for production contracts (therefore, independent files), but it would be very helpful if there was a feature to consolidate trial balances in excel (match account numbers) for year-end income/expense allocation.
In the Agexpert desktop i have setup each company as an "Enterprise". Unfortunately you have to set up separate account for each enterprise but for reporting you can combine all enterprises or you can split out independent enterprises separately. This works well for Joint Venture operations.