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KlentB
Moderator

How to record credit card payment with personal funds. Do I record the personal funds into owner contribution (cr) and the credit card account (dr).

I'm here to guide you in entering that transaction, Suz333.

 

You can create a journal entry using the Owner's Equity account to record the payment of the business credit card. Here's how:

 

  1. Go to the Company menu.
  2. Select Make General Journal Entries.
  3. Pick the appropriate expense account in the first line under the Account column.
  4. In the Debit column, enter the amount of the payment.
  5. You can select the customer from the Name drop-down.
  6. Choose Owner’s Equity or Owner Investment in the second line under the Account column.
  7. Click Save and Close.

Alternatively, you can create a cash clearing account and record payment of the business credit card to this bank account. After that, enter record a deposit to this false bank account, equal to the payment, posted from the Owner's Equity account. If the owner wished to be repaid,  you can post the said payment against the Owner's Draw account.

 

To learn more about recording expenses paid by the owner's funds, feel free to read this article: Pay for business expenses with personal funds.

 

Let me know in the comment section if you have any other concerns or further questions. I'll be around to help.

LYou
Level 2

How to record credit card payment with personal funds. Do I record the personal funds into owner contribution (cr) and the credit card account (dr).

I have a related question - very old problem that persists and I can't find answer in forum.   When my owner buys things with his own money, I enter a JE with a credit to his equity account and a debit to the expense.  I enter the vendor name under NAME in the JE.  I cannot find a report that will show me all of the true vendor payments made out of company funds along with this journal entry.  Seems the vendor reports don't look at JEs.  Please, if you can help me I'd be very grateful.  Reports are very misleading without the JEs showing up.  Will this be fixed please in a future version?  We use the desktop PRO 2019 version.

LYou
Level 2

How to record credit card payment with personal funds. Do I record the personal funds into owner contribution (cr) and the credit card account (dr).

Just found a resolution to my issue after doing more searching.  Answer is from user Kphol1 here:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/account-management/re-my-journal-entries-include-a...

 

Thanks!!

Nickelsink
Level 1

How to record credit card payment with personal funds. Do I record the personal funds into owner contribution (cr) and the credit card account (dr).

I have a different problem, the owner used the company credit card for a personal expense and wants to pay it back. How do I record on Quickbooks Onlin?

Charies_M
Moderator

How to record credit card payment with personal funds. Do I record the personal funds into owner contribution (cr) and the credit card account (dr).

You've reach the right place, Nickelsink.

 

I can help you pay back for personal expenses from a company credit card in QuickBooks Online (QBO).

 

First step is to make sure there is a record of personal expense from the business account. Below are the instructions on how to do it:

 

  1. Go to + New.
  2. Click Check or Expense.
  3. Select a Payee from the dropdown menu.
  4. Choose the Bank Account, Cash Account, or Credit Card you used to make the purchase.
  5. In the Category details section, select the dropdown menu to select the tax category that fits your need.
  6. Enter the Amount of the purchase .
  7. Select Save and close or Save and new.

Once done, you can now record a reimbursement. Just follow these steps:

 

  1. Go to + New.
  2. Click Bank Deposit.
  3. Select the Account to add the reimbursement to, and select the Date.
  4. Go to the Add funds to this deposit section. In the Received From field, enter the person who made the personal expense, then select the account.
  5. Choose the Payment Method and enter the reimbursement amount.
  6. Click Save and close or Save and new.

For more details about the whole process of reimbursing personal expenses from business credit card, check out this article: Pay for personal expenses from a business credit card or bank account.

 

To help you with future tasks and tips when using QBO, you might want to visit our Help Articles.

 

Get back to me if you need help while reimbursing personal expenses of anything about QuickBooks. You can count on me. Enjoy the rest of the day!

lilahG
Level 1

How to record credit card payment with personal funds. Do I record the personal funds into owner contribution (cr) and the credit card account (dr).

Hello, 

 

I have a question regarding recording credit card payments with personal funds. 

In my banking page I have several transactions to review on a particular credit card.

Two of them are credit card payments to the business credit card which came from a personal account I do not need to reimburse. 

When I click on the payments I have the options 1. categorize 2. find match 3. record as transfer and 4. record as credit card payment. 

I want to record as credit card payment but when I click on it I only have the two options for it to come from my business checking or cash. 

I have an owner equity and owner investment account. Why don't they show up as a place to choose the payment from?

How can I get my payments to come from my owner investment account.

See attached photo for reference.

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