Best way to manage payment from friends and family

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Darshan
Darshan Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
Hi,

What is the best way to manage payment from friends & family when you paid for them earlier? For example, I paid on behalf of my friends for the outdoor activities/travel and later they paid me back using various payment methods. How should I manage these transactions? Should I record the entire payment I made under appropriate category as expense initially and then record their payment as Income under the same category?

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  • Rocket J Squirrel
    Rocket J Squirrel Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Darshan said:
    Should I record the entire payment I made under appropriate category as expense initially and then record their payment as Income under the same category?
    Yes, unless you have some particular personal reason to categorize them differently. Thus you can track your own expenses easily.

    Quicken user since version 2 for DOS, as of 2025 using QWin Premier (US) on Win10 Pro & Win11 Pro on 2 PCs.

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  • jrsygrl926
    jrsygrl926 Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
    The way I do it is have a category as a loan/friends-family. So its easier. But that it just me.
  • Rocket J Squirrel
    Rocket J Squirrel Quicken Windows Subscription SuperUser ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Darshan said:
    Should I record the entire payment I made under appropriate category as expense initially and then record their payment as Income under the same category?
    Yes, unless you have some particular personal reason to categorize them differently. Thus you can track your own expenses easily.

    Quicken user since version 2 for DOS, as of 2025 using QWin Premier (US) on Win10 Pro & Win11 Pro on 2 PCs.

  • Darshan
    Darshan Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
  • Darshan
    Darshan Quicken Windows Subscription Member ✭✭
    Thanks @jrsygrl926
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