All expenses recognized in a period are debits. While depreciation expense is a debit (increase in expense) shown in the income statement, accumulated depreciation is usually the offsetting credit (contra-asset reduction in balance sheet).
Debit is to depreciation expense.
[Debit] Depreciation expense[credit] fixed asset.
normal balance of debit
Debit depreciation expenseCredit fixed asset
Depreciation is expense and like all other expense it also has debit balance as default balance and all revenues has credit balance as default balance.
Debit is to depreciation expense.
[Debit] Depreciation expense[credit] fixed asset.
Method 1 1 - [Debit] Depreciation Expense xxxx [Credit] Asset account xxxx Method 2 1 - [Debit] Depreciation Expense xxxx [Credit] Accumulated Depreciation xxxx 2 - [Debit] Accumulated Depreciation xxxx [Credit] Asset Account xxxx
normal balance of debit
Debit depreciation expenseCredit fixed asset
Depreciation is expense and like all other expense it also has debit balance as default balance and all revenues has credit balance as default balance.
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
"Depreciation Expense" is a Debit entry and the counter entry is "accumulated depreciation" on an asset which is a credit entry. Depreciation - DR. Amount X Acc. Depreciation - CR. Amount X
Debit Depreciation Expense Credit Accumulated Depreciation
[Debit] Depreciation expense[Credit] Accumulated depreciationAfter that depreciation is shown as part of income statement while accumulated depreciation goes to balance sheet.
An increase in depreciation expence is a credit to the accounts as it reduces asset value that was once debited
You need to reverse the entries for excess depreciation - Debit Accumulated Dereciation and Credit Depreciation Expense