
PayPal Bookkeeping: Reconcile Balance, Fees & Withdrawals
PayPal bookkeeping done right: treat PayPal as a bank account, record sales gross, book fees separately, and reconcile transfers so the books tie out.
SDO CPA LLC
18 years of experience
Bobby Huang is a partner at SDO CPA. 18 years of hands-on bookkeeping. He still reconciles real client books and built Growthy from the same review-and-approve work bookkeepers do each week.

PayPal bookkeeping done right: treat PayPal as a bank account, record sales gross, book fees separately, and reconcile transfers so the books tie out.

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