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

[David Carlson]

I think that documentation might best be generalized to apply to Venmo and
other payment services besides the :"traditional" credit cards.

On Tue, Dec 13, 2022 at 11:05 PM David T. via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Given the length of this thread and the apparent confusion documenting
> PayPal in GnuCash, it might be helpful for someone to add a section to the
> wiki page at "Using GnuCash" on the different methods people have outlined.
> IMHO, the Guide and Help cover the overall concepts well enough.
>
> ⁣David T. ​
>
> On Dec 14, 2022, 6:41 AM, at 6:41 AM, R Losey <rlosey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >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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