AMEX is not an expense; they are your lender, and every time you bought something using that card, you are supposed to enter it as a Credit Card Charge Expense, for that specific date and purchase, such as Office Supplies from Staples.
Later, you pay your Balance Owed, and this is not Expense on the P&L. It is Debt Payment, seen as part of Balance Sheet.
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