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A drawing account, also called a capital account, is a special kind of bank account used in small businesses. This type of account is basically a kind of record-keeping account to track withdrawals. The balance on a drawing account is often put into a separate account at the end of a year to give the drawing account a zero balance.

The purpose of the drawing account is to show how much cash has been used by individuals involved in a business. One kind of business that uses drawing accounts is a partnership. Partnerships are popular business setups for small service businesses and other kinds of businesses that are limited in size. In partnerships, each partner might have their own capital or drawing account to draw money from. Partners who invest more will get a credit to their capital account.

Drawing or capital accounts can even be important to businesses as small as a sole proprietorship. In a sole proprietorship, there may be only one person principally involved in withdrawing money from the business account. The drawing accounts still helps to show how much money has been withdrawn at the end of a year or other time period for accounting purposes. This will help the proprietor or owner deal with accounting tasks such as tax accounting.

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