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The normal balance of an account refers to the side (debit or credit) that increases the account's balance. For asset accounts, the normal balance is a debit, while for liability and equity accounts, it is a credit. Revenue accounts also have a normal credit balance, and expense accounts typically have a normal debit balance. Understanding these normal balances is crucial for accurate bookkeeping and financial reporting.
Prepaid expense is personal account in nature and default normal balance is debit balance and shown under current asset in asset side of balance sheet.
Normal balance of all liabilities accounts are credit side while debit balance is of all expenses and assets.
Expense account is a debit account. So for example the expense is rent paid, so every year the rent expense increases and we record it in the debit side of the rent payable account and to complete the double entry, credit the same amount to the profit and loss account. Follow this basic rule to know which side your looking for: DAXP (debit side items), LICS (credit side items) D: drawings A:assets X:expenses P:purchases, L:liabilities I:income C:capital S:sales. So DAXP items increase in the debit side while LICS items increase in the credit side.
No. Accumulated Depreciation is a contra-account which appears on the asset side of the Balance Sheet. It is a credit balance account which reduces the value of Fixed Assets to reflect their declining value due to age and use. The normal offset to an entry to the Accumulated Depreciation account is a debit to Depreciation Expense.
All expenses have debit balance as normal accounting balance so all expenses shown on debit side of income statement.
Prepaid expense is personal account in nature and default normal balance is debit balance and shown under current asset in asset side of balance sheet.
on the credit side
Normal balance of all liabilities accounts are credit side while debit balance is of all expenses and assets.
Expense account is a debit account. So for example the expense is rent paid, so every year the rent expense increases and we record it in the debit side of the rent payable account and to complete the double entry, credit the same amount to the profit and loss account. Follow this basic rule to know which side your looking for: DAXP (debit side items), LICS (credit side items) D: drawings A:assets X:expenses P:purchases, L:liabilities I:income C:capital S:sales. So DAXP items increase in the debit side while LICS items increase in the credit side.
No. Accumulated Depreciation is a contra-account which appears on the asset side of the Balance Sheet. It is a credit balance account which reduces the value of Fixed Assets to reflect their declining value due to age and use. The normal offset to an entry to the Accumulated Depreciation account is a debit to Depreciation Expense.
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The normal balance side of any account is also its increase side. For asset accounts, the normal balance is on the debit side, while for liability and equity accounts, it is on the credit side. This means that assets increase with debits, and liabilities and equity increase with credits. Understanding normal balances helps in recording transactions accurately in accounting.
Unexpired expense is current assets until used so it is part of assets of business and should be included in assets side of balance sheet.
side which increases that account.
No, it is a liability and goes on the right side of a balance sheet.
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