calculating credit card purchases

Just enter the actual purchases when you bought them.  Those are the expense.  If you paid interest on the credit card you probably can expense that too.  Paying the credit card doesn't go anywhere on your return.  

Perfect!!! Thanks so much for the clarification!!!!

@VolvoGirl @EWConLI 

the reimbursement have to be accounted for.  it would seem op makes the purchase and then gets reimbursed. not sure exactly how this happens. maybe op includes the cost in the invoices so they would be part of sales. then there is no issue. but if by other means op would either not include the purchase as an expense or preferably report the reimbursement as revenue

Oh, I thought he just meant when he paid the credit card bill.