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A credit to a liability account?

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indicates an increase in the amount owed to creditors.

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A liability account is a credit account, and credit accounts can be increased by writing a credit in the journal entry. Therefore, a liability is increased by crediting it.


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That depends, it could be either. a contra-asset account would be just the opposite of an asset. All assets have a debit balance (increase with debit) therefore a contra-asset account would be a credit. The same holds true with a contra-liability account, it is just the opposite, a liability maintains a credit balance (increases with a credit) therefore a contra-liability account would be a debit.


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