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Neither. Sales will be listed as an income statement account on the firm's trial balance. Once the accounts are closed at year end, sales will be closed into Retained Earnings.

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Are sales assets or liabilities?

Sales are neither assets nor liabilities. Sales is the operating revenue recognized for a company over a period of time. However, the resulting cash and receivables from Sales are assets.


What classifications of accounts are shown in the balance sheet section of a worksheet?

sales and expenses


Which accounts normally have credit balances?

All liabilities as well as sales account has credit balance as normal accounting balances.


What does PEARLS stand for in accounting?

Purchases, expenses,assets,revenue,liabilities, sales PEA:is on the debit side of a T account and RLS: is on the credit side


What is a normal balance account of a Sales discount?

Sales discount account has debit balance as it causes the reduction of sales and hence a contra account of sales revenue account.


Sales is what type of account?

Sales is a revenue account and has a credit balance as a normal balance.


Does sales returns and allowances have normal credit balance?

No sales returns and allowances has debit balance as a normal balance because these accounts are contra to actual sales account and that's why account balance is reverse of actual sales account.


Is Cost of goods sold an asset or liabilities or equity?

Cost of goods sold is current asset until it is sold and generate sales revenue and shown under current assets portion of balance sheet.


How do you figure total equity if give assets debt sales and profit margin?

Answer:The accounting equation (or business equation) states that total assets equal total liabilities plus equity. To figure out equity, you need to know total assets as well as total liabilities. Assuming there are no liabilities other than debt, equity equals assets minus debt.


Is accounts receivable classified as a liabilities and equity on a balance sheet?

Account receivable is that part of sales which are done on credit so if company received cash at the time of sales that would be asset as well so it is the amount which is receivable in future so it is current asset of company.


Does sales returns and allowances have a normal debit balance?

That is correct. Sales and returns allowances is what is called a "Contra" account because it exists to reduce the net balance of an account. Sales is a credit account, so you debit sales returns and allowances in order to reduce your net sales.


Is sales a credit or debit?

Sales is a revenue account and all revenues has credit balance as default balance so sales also has credit as default balance while cash or accounts receivable will be debited against it.

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