It depends on when the Accounting period too place. From2011 onward, it was reported as an Expense. Starting in 2012, bad debt expense is reported as a contra Revenue account.
Unearned Revenue is a Liability Account
credit.Yes it is an income. It will be posted in the credit side of the profit and loss account.Sales discount is not an expense account, but is also a deduction to an income statement. It is just a contra account of a revenue account particularly a sales revenue account.
contra account
No. It's a liability account.
contra-revenue account
Unearned Revenue is a Liability Account
Sales discount is not an expense account, but is also a deduction to an income statement. It is just a contra account of a revenue account particularly a sales revenue account.
credit.Yes it is an income. It will be posted in the credit side of the profit and loss account.Sales discount is not an expense account, but is also a deduction to an income statement. It is just a contra account of a revenue account particularly a sales revenue account.
Sales Returns and Allowances are contra revenue accounts because they reduce that total amount of sales. [Sales-Sales returns and allowances=Net sales]. They are reported on the income statement.
contra account
No. It's a liability account.
contra-revenue account
A sales discount account is a contra-revenue account.
Contra Accounts are typically numbered near or right after the normal account. 5010 Revenue 5011 Returns
Sales discount account has debit balance as it causes the reduction of sales and hence a contra account of sales revenue account.
Sales discount is subtracted from gross sales in arriving at net sales. It is a contra revenue account, so it is ALWAYS debit.
Accumulated depreciation is a contra-asset account and show in the asset section of the Balance Sheet. It is called contra-asset account because contrary to any asset account Acc. Dep. is a credit type of account. The offset of Accumulated depreciation is to Debit the expense account Depreciation.