Categories: Accounting

Debits and Credits in Accounting

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Debits and credits are the accounting terminologies which are used to describe the increase or decrease in the financial components&period; Any movement in these components can be specified by using the term debits and credits&period; In T-accounts&comma; left column represents debits while right column represents credits&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><img title&equals;"1-t-account" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;soopertutorials&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2009&sol;05&sol;1-t-account&period;jpg" alt&equals;"1-t-account" width&equals;"310" height&equals;"80" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong> <&sol;strong><strong>Rules of Debits and Credits<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are five components of financial statements<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Asset<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Liability<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Capital<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Expense<br &sol;>&NewLine;• Revenue<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Each Component has its own criteria for debits and credits&period; Sometimes students may face a general problem in specifying when to use debit or credit terminology so to tackle these problems there is a general rule&period; See the Table A below<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><img title&equals;"2-account-types" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;soopertutorials&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2009&sol;05&sol;2-account-types&period;jpg" alt&equals;"2-account-types" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"183" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong> <&sol;strong>In table you can notice when there is increase in asset and expense they are debited and when there is a decrease they are credited&period; On the other hand Liability&comma; Capital and Revenue&comma; when they are increased they are credited and debited when decreased&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Illustration&colon; 1<&sol;strong>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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