Miscategorized Credit Card Fees

[Daniel]

Hello Steve,

You are right that all your medical expenses should appear under 
expenses whether you paid by credit card or some other method.

Where is your credit card account in GnuCash? It should be under 
Liabilities. Did you put it under expenses?

You should have an account for your credit card under liabilities. 
Something like "Liabilities:Credit Card". This account should show the 
balance on your credit card. Every time you pay for a medical expense 
with a credit card you should enter a transaction that involves the 
credit card account and your "Expenses:Medical" account. Is this what 
you've been doing?

Daniel.

JUNIPER wrote:
>    I noticed that when I get a "Cash Flow" report for this year, Medical 
> Expenses (excl insurance) showed $364, whereas we've spent thousands. It 
> looks to me like the missing expenditures appear under my credit card, 
> along with other expenses. This presents an inaccurate picture.
>     This doesn't seem right to me. I spent the money on medicine (or 
> other categories), not on the credit card. The credit card is just a 
> vehicle. Shouldn't items we pay for by credit card fall into the same 
> categories as if I had paid cash or by check? (Credit card fees and/or 
> interest would be another matter).
>     Appreciatively,
>     Steve J
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