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Purchases are personal account nature and as a basic accounting rule debit what comes in and credit what goes out so purchases has debit balance as normal balance.
A purchase you make is a DEBIT against your account.
debit balance
Purchases account has debit balance as default balance while purchases returns has credit balance as default balance because it is use to reduce the purchases account so debit decreases the purchase discounts while credit increases the purchase discount account.
Drawings account has a normal balance as a reverse of owners equity account which is debit balance as a normal balance.
Purchases are personal account nature and as a basic accounting rule debit what comes in and credit what goes out so purchases has debit balance as normal balance.
A purchase you make is a DEBIT against your account.
debit balance
Purchases account has debit balance as default balance while purchases returns has credit balance as default balance because it is use to reduce the purchases account so debit decreases the purchase discounts while credit increases the purchase discount account.
Drawings account has a normal balance as a reverse of owners equity account which is debit balance as a normal balance.
Purchases account is personal account in nature and basic rule for personal account is debt what comes in and credit what goes out so purchases is a debit balance as a default balance.
It has no normal balance.
Drawings is a contra account. Debit is the normal balance of Drawing account.
Either you can consider purchase is an expense and a debit balance or an asset an a debit balance
Expense accounts should always be debit balances. The only exception is when you are recording discounts received on purchases in a separate account than the COGS account used for purchases. Discounts should be shown as a COGS account so that it is netted against purchases, and will have a credit balance. But even in this case, the total of all COGS accounts should be a debit balance.
Additional Paid-in Capital is a normal credit balance account.
Merchandise Inventory is an asset account, so the normal balance is Debit.