No, Interest Revenue is income and would normally have a credit balance.
Revenue is always credit as all revenue accounts has credit balance as normal balance and cash received or accounts receivable is debit against it.
No all revenues has credit balance as default balance while all expenses has debit balance as default normal balance.
Default balance for revenue is credit balance so to reduce a revenue account it must be something with debit balance so debit is a decrease in revenue.
Interest payable is liability account and have a credit balance as a normal balance.
all fixed assets a/c have a debit balance normally
Revenue is always credit as all revenue accounts has credit balance as normal balance and cash received or accounts receivable is debit against it.
Sales is a revenue account and like all revenue accounts sales also has credit balance as normal balance and cash or accounts receivable are debit against it.
Services revenue is also a revenue and like all revenue accounts which have credit balance as normal balance, services revenue also has a credit balance.
No all revenues has credit balance as default balance while all expenses has debit balance as default normal balance.
Default balance for revenue is credit balance so to reduce a revenue account it must be something with debit balance so debit is a decrease in revenue.
Interest payable is liability account and have a credit balance as a normal balance.
all fixed assets a/c have a debit balance normally
As all expenses has debit balance as normal balance and rent is also expense then rent expense also has debit balance and shown in income statement as a reduction from revenue.
Sales revenue has a credit balance as a normal balance so product sales also has credit balance as normal balance.
The normal balance of an account refers to the side (debit or credit) that increases the account's balance. For asset accounts, the normal balance is a debit, while for liability and equity accounts, it is a credit. Revenue accounts also have a normal credit balance, and expense accounts typically have a normal debit balance. Understanding these normal balances is crucial for accurate bookkeeping and financial reporting.
All earnings and revenues has credit balance as normal balance so interest earned also has credit balance as default normal balance.
Interest expenses has debit balance as default normal balance so debit don’t decrease it rather increase it and to reduce it credit is required as it is opposite of it.