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39.4. Proper Data Entry to Record/Reimburse Campaign Expenditures Made by the Candidate as an In-Kind Contribution

Please see below for a link to the FEC's guidelines on how to show this type of activity:

http://fec.gov/pdf/candgui.pdf

Page 95 - Campaign expenditures made by the candidate from personal funds that are not to be reimbursed are reported as in-kind contributions from the candidate. If the candidate makes unreimbursed payments on behalf of the committee to any single vendor that exceed $200 for the election cycle, the committee must identify the ultimate payee (i.e., the vendor) in a separate memo entry on Schedule B.

The process to enter this correctly in 360 is:

1) Create a new receipt on the candidate's record with "Type" set to "In-Kind" and "Subtype" set to "Goods and Services"

2) Create a new disbursement on each vendor record with "Type" set to "Operating Expenditure" and "Subtype" set to "Memo"

3) Scroll down to the transaction links section, use the search fields to find the in-kind saved to the candidate record, and then click the icon to link the two transactions together

4) Make sure that the Candidate is linked to their Committee. (for instructions, see here)

Then when you generate your report you'll see the candidate in-kind on schedule A, a corresponding candidate in-kind on schedule B, and the memos on schedule B as well falling directly below the candidate in-kind.