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Debits and Credits Rules


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Quite simply there are 5 account types and each one can go up or down as follows.

D E A D   C L I C
This acronym stands for: 

  • Debit Expenses, Assets and Drawings; and, 
  • Credit Liabilities, Income and Capital.


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Account GroupAccount
Value
Increase		Account
Value
Decrease		Balance
Assets
  • A/R
  • Cash
  • External Cash (for Internal Refunds and A/R Payments)
DRCRDR
Contra AssetCRDRCR
Liabilities
  • Deposits
  • Taxes Due
  • Prepaid Sales
CRDRCR
Contra LiabilitiesDRCRDR
Owner (Stockholders') EquityCRDRCR
Owner's Drawing or Dividends AccountDRCRDR
Revenue (Income)
  • Sales
  • Gains
CRDRCR

Contra Revenue

  • Sales Returns
  • Sales Allowances
  • Sales Discounts
DRCRDR
Expenses
  • Discounts
  • Losses
DRCRDR



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You apply this DEAD CLIC rule if an account goes up in value. If an account goes down in value, you apply the opposite. In other words, if an expense increases in value, then you debit the account (because the DEAD CLIC rule says to Debit Expenses). If an expense decreases in value, then you credit the account.


Note

Remember also that every financial transaction affects two accounts, one is a debit, the other a credit. This is why we call it double entry (not single entry) bookkeeping.  Refer to the T-account examples below, and on each Business Transaction page.

Source: "Debits and Credits Rule"; www.accountagility.co.nz; https://www.accountagility.co.nz/accounting/debits-and-credits/; accessed 2-11-2020

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