Beginner question: Debit card expenses

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I'm trying to enter properly my expenses for postage stamps, which I purchase at an ATM using my debit card.

I've followed the QB manual's instructions--entering the transactions in my petty cash register. The problem is that QB is showing all these entries as Unpaid Bills. The precise entry on Vendor Reports reads:

"Bill Pymt-Check 1/31/03 -$14.70

Did I enter these incorrectly or should I be doing something else to show these as paid?

Many thanks,
Lewis

[RCollier]

If you used your debit card to purchase postage, it would not fall under a "petty cash" expense. You could use the "Write Checks" feature of QB and enter the expense directly to "Postage Expense" or "Office Expense" depending on how you have your Chart of Accounts set up. Do not enter a check number. This should automatically credit your bank account for the amount you spent. I would include any fee charged by the ATM for the transaction in the expense.

[wtigert]

I put the atm purchases in the check register as atm instead of check number it records jast as it would a check but without the number.. Then you can expence it out to what ever account you need //