Deposit to bank account that needs to be paid to vendor

habib0284 · ‎February 26, 2020

I need to record transactions that are deposited into my account and then need to take 20% of that amount for my services rendered and pay the rest to the vendor. How would I record that transaction from an inbound cash side?

john-pero · ‎February 26, 2020

You have two transactions and you have to account for full deposit into your account first. You cannot create a net deposit that also has expenditure of 80% out and 20% retained and still show the money being deposited.

Handle the deposit first. Is it income? Is it a passthrough? A passthrough account wouldl be a current liability when deposited. Then you can record a check that is set up the following. line 1 is 100% of collected funds owed and line 2 is a negative 20% of line 1. Line 2 will be an income account. End result you collect 100% of money on behalf of someone else and have recorded 20% of it as your fee for handling.

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john-pero · ‎February 26, 2020

You have two transactions and you have to account for full deposit into your account first. You cannot create a net deposit that also has expenditure of 80% out and 20% retained and still show the money being deposited.

Handle the deposit first. Is it income? Is it a passthrough? A passthrough account wouldl be a current liability when deposited. Then you can record a check that is set up the following. line 1 is 100% of collected funds owed and line 2 is a negative 20% of line 1. Line 2 will be an income account. End result you collect 100% of money on behalf of someone else and have recorded 20% of it as your fee for handling.

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