No Balance Sheet On Paypal?

[teikyo30]

On Ebay and just about every other site that you spend and deposit money when you check your account activity it will show your starting balance, and your debits and credits with a balance as you go. Paypal doesn't show a balance in that way and I'm wondering why. I keep having to download the pdf, or csv file and look at it there and it's annoying. Why can't I check through the website?

For example, April 1st, deposit of $20, balance $25. April 2nd, payment for postage $7, balance $18. I need to know the starting and ending balance to know what's what. Like right now my balance is showing as $5.38 and I have no idea why. I see some charges, but I don't see a starting or ending balance. Just debits and credits. So I have no way of knowing if that's the correct amnount unless I keep a paper ledger, or a separate balance sheet from paypal? Why isn't it built in like Ebay? Doesn't Ebay own Paypal? What gives?

[Amanda411 · Accepted solution]

Hi teikyo30,

Your History Log provides a running account balance in the currency that you have selected in the Currency dropdown menu. By default, the Currency dropdown menu displays "All Currencies" and the History Log provides a running balance in your primary currency balance.

To view your running balance:

1. Log in to your PayPal account.
2. Click the "My Account" tab.
3. Click the "History" subtab.
4. Click "All activity (with balance)".
5. Your running account balance is shown in the Balance column.

Amanda

[teikyo30]

Thank you, that's much better