Asked by: Ivie Moreta
Asked in category: personal finance, credit cards
Last Updated: 6th May 2024

What is the difference between a credit card and an expense account?

GoDaddy Bookkeeping does not consider credit card payments as expenses because they were already recorded at the time of purchase. Credit card payments, and all transfers that reflect money moving from one account to the other, are non-business.



You may also wonder if a credit card payment is an expense.

Card charges can be expensed when a card is used. The cc company is lending you micro-loans. This creates a loan-type liability. When you pay the card company, all you do is pay down the loan balance.

How do you account credit card payments in accounting? There are several options for recording credit card expenses: You can enter a bill to the credit-card vendor summarizing all charges and then create a separate line for each expense amount. You can enter individual credit cards charges. Select Banking, Credit Card Charges from the menu bar.

It is also important to understand what type of credit card account it is.

After the check payment has been recorded in the accounts pay system, it is made in the amount shown on the credit card statement.

How can you account for credit card fees?

You must include in your journal entry.

  1. Charge a fee to debit your Cash account for the amount of your sale
  2. You can debit your Credit Card Expense account to pay the fees.
  3. Credit your Sales account with the entire amount of the sale