> You left out a few details. Is this a business expense? Or is it something
> else? In the accounting world, purpose is the driving force.
>
> If you are just concerned about the mechanics of the money flow, you would
> show a conversion to cash or whatever medium you used as an intermediate
> step. That, of course requires appropriate accounts, such as petty cash, for
> example.
>
> David Carlson
>
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:22 AM <> [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote:
>
>> How does one debit and credit for a bank check when the person/company
>> doesn't want to accept a personal check? I usually forgo reality and just
>> record that I sent the personal check directly to the individual, but that's
>> not exactly what happens.
>>
Let me expand a little. This is for personal use, such as the purchase of
artwork or a service, so its purpose is not for a business. Recent examples
were for repair of a vintage fountain pen or a wrist watch. The repairers asked
for a bank check, so I wrote a check to the bank for cash, the bank then gave
me a "bank check," which I sent to the repairer.
What are the mechanics of double entry debits and credits? If I write the check
to the bank do I then have to show income to bring it back in?
As I mentioned, I ended up showing a check written to the repairer, rather than
reflecting the actual purchase of a bank check.
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