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
To close the depreciation expense account, the entry would include a debit to the Income Summary account. The corresponding credit would be made to the depreciation expense account, effectively zeroing it out for the period. This entry reflects the transfer of the expense to the Income Summary, where it will ultimately affect the net income calculation for the period.
[Debit] Depreciation expense[Credit] Accumulated depreciationAfter that depreciation is shown as part of income statement while accumulated depreciation goes to balance sheet.
There may be more than one way to record an expense. The easiest journal to think about is when you've used cash to pay for the expense. In that case, you would debit an expense account and credit cash. But, if you've received the benefit of an expense but have not yet paid for it the debit would still be the expense account but the credit would be a liability account. Of course, there are times when cash flows but no expense is recognized such as investments in property, plant and equipment. After that expenditure is made you would recognize periodic expenses in the form of depreciation. That would be a debit to depreciation expense and a credit to accumulated depreciation.