The General Ledger
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debits expense accounts and credits contra accounts
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Yes. And Liabilties are increased by credits.
A balance sheet should be equal debits and credits at the end of it. Your debits are what you spend. Money on expenses or just about anything. Credits is assets/money/capital credited to accounts. Credits must equal the debits.
journel
debits expense accounts and credits contra accounts
posting
Yes. And Liabilties are increased by credits.
A balance sheet should be equal debits and credits at the end of it. Your debits are what you spend. Money on expenses or just about anything. Credits is assets/money/capital credited to accounts. Credits must equal the debits.
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Accounts Receivable.
The debits and credits for ALL the T-Accounts must balance - if you had the same debits and credits to each T-Account, your trial balance would be all zeros. If you take all the T-Accounts you've used in making your journal entry(s) and add them up, if the total debits and total credits don't agree you're missing part of an entry.
done to check the equality of debits and credits
All credit accounts are decrease by debits while all debit accounts are increased by debits and vice versa.
The Account balance.
Accounts payable is created when goods purchased on credit so it records the credits that is how much amount payable to creditors.