Inserting transactions with debit card, cheque and prepaid card

[LuisDaniel Lafaurie]

Hi Claudio,

I use to put payments done using a credit card under 'accounts payable' and
that under 'liabilities'.

Each payment with the credit card is treated as 'money borrowed from a
bank', and when the balance on the credit card is reduced by a partial or a
full payment, this money sholud be deducted from an 'asset' such as current
account, savings account, cash in wallet, just to name a few types of
assets.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,
LDL
 El 12/05/2014 00:42, "Claudio Corti" <zioclaus at gmail.com> escribió:

> Dear GnuCash experts,
>
> I have some doubts about how to insert expenses payed with debit card,
> cheque and/or prepaid card.
> I'd say that a prepaid card is an Asset, so I should first do a
> transaction from my bank checking account to the prepaid card account and
> then a transaction from the prepaid card account to the expenses account,
> right?
> But what about debit cards and cheques? They are not assets, they're just
> different ways of payment and, unlike my wallet, I don't have to transfer
> anything from my checking account to them.
> Should I put in the transaction directly my checking account and write in
> the notes if the payment was with debit card or cheque? Or is there a
> better way to differentiate this kind of expenses?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Claudio
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