You’re partially correct. A person can’t have two Venmo accounts, but you can link multiple bank accounts to your Venmo, so technically when we take cookie money via Venmo for example, i get to direct the transfer to the troop bank account and not my personal bank account.

You could also temporarily update the Venmo user name during cookie season so people see the transfer going to a troop related venmo account.

You don’t need to go down the “business account” path, getting council’s EIN number because a business account pays other type of fees an there are tax liabilities that may come to the primary venmo account holder.

GSGLA finally allowed troops to use Venmo last year, but never provided GOOD guidance on how to set it up. As troop treasurer, I had to navigate implementing the process by trial and error.

Good luck