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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).

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The journal entry to record depreciation expense consists of a credit to Accumulated Depreciation and a debit to the asset being depreciated?

Debit is to depreciation expense.


What is entry for depreciation?

[Debit] Depreciation expense[credit] fixed asset.


Is depreciation recorded by debiting the accumulated depreciation account and crediting the depreciation expense account?

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


What is depreciation expense?

normal balance of debit


What is the journal entry for depreciation expense?

Debit depreciation expenseCredit fixed asset


Is depreciation allowed a debit or credit?

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.


What is the journal entry to depreciate an auto?

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


Is depreciation a credit or debit entry?

"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


Accounting entry for capitalization of inventory as fixed assets?

Debit Depreciation Expense Credit Accumulated Depreciation


What is the entry to close the depreciation expense account would include a debit of?

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.


How do you record annual depreciation and accumulated depreciation?

[Debit] Depreciation expense[Credit] Accumulated depreciationAfter that depreciation is shown as part of income statement while accumulated depreciation goes to balance sheet.


What would the journal entry be if a company incurred an expense?

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.