Recording a credit card charge

When you buy something and charge it to a credit card, you need to record your purchase in your credit card account.

To enter a charge:

  1. Go to the credit card account you used to make the purchase and click Record Transaction, then Credit Card Charge.

 

  1. Enter the name of the company you purchased goods or services from in the "Pay To" field.

  2. If you are purchasing services or non-item other expenses with this charge:

    1. In the Bookkeeping Account field, choose the account to assign to what you purchased.

    The account you choose helps you categorize what you are spending your money on. Show me an example

    For example, if you are the business owner and need some cash, you might choose Owner’s Equity: Draws to record the cash you took out of the business and enter how much you withdrew.  

    Or, if you used your debit card to buy office supplies, choose your office supplies account and enter the total for the supplies.

  1. (Optional) Enter a description of the item you purchased.

Descriptions might be useful to remind you what you spent your money for.  

  1. Enter the amount you spent.

  2. Click Add Line if you need to assign part of the purchase amount to another account.

  1. If you purchased items you track as inventory, check the "This purchase contains items to add to inventory" checkbox.

This is the amount it cost you to purchase the item per unit.

  1. Click Save.

The total of the transaction should equal your charge receipt and will be recorded in your credit card account.

 

 

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