[GNC] Buying with PayPal - how do I split the transaction?

[R Losey]

True... I don't get income via Paypal... I just pay for stuff using it.


On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 10:45 PM Dr. David Kirkby <
drkirkby at kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 23:01, R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm very simple-minded, I guess.
> >
> > I treat Paypal just an an expense... so, for the transaction above, I
> > would enter in the Bank account
> >
> > Payee: Paypal (Google)
> > with the expense category Expenses->Utilities->Internet
> >
>
> I would have suggested that the GnuCash documentation should have something
> about how to handle PayPal, but it seems as though   multiple people handle
> it multiple different ways. You treat PayPal as an expensive, but I see it
> as an asset.
>
> Dave
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