How does the accounting for virtual card payments work?
There are several steps in the accounting associated with virtual card payments.
A funding card account represents the virtual card billing account that merges the multiple virtual cards settled during the billing period.
| Event | Debit | Credit |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier invoice is validated and accounted | Expense account | Supplier liability |
| Virtual card payment instruction is generated | Supplier liability | Funding card clearing account |
| Invoice created for card issuer | Funding card clearing account | Card issuer liability |
| Payment to card issuer is generated | Card issuer liability | Cash clearing account |
| Reconciliation of payment | Cash clearing account | Cash |