[Debit] Depreciation Account
[Credit] Assets Account
Debit is to depreciation expense.
[Debit] Depreciation account [Credit] Accumulated depreciation
[Debit] Depreciation account [Credit] Asset account
Debit depreciation expenseCredit fixed asset
debit depreciationcredit cash
Debit is to depreciation expense.
Journal entry is required for depreciation in quickbooks as well as FAS for peachtree also can be used to automatically record depreciation entries
[Debit] Depreciation account [Credit] Accumulated depreciation
[Debit] Depreciation account [Credit] Asset account
Debit depreciation expenseCredit fixed asset
debit depreciationcredit cash
Debit depreciation expenseCredit asset account
Journal entry is the basic transaction to record the business transaction and without journal entry no record can be maintained.
Journal Entry for an Auto Depreciation is as follows: [Debit] Depreciation Expense xxxx [Credit] Auto Asset xxxx Another way is as follows: 1 - [Debit] Depreciation Expense xxxx [Credit] Accum. Depreciation xxxx 2 - [Debit] Accum. Depreciation xxxx [Credit] Auto Asset xxxx
A journal records what you're findings are
You record he credit entry for transaction (a) 5/1 in the journal as
DR. Depreciation Expense XX Cr. Accumulated Depreciation - Equipment XX