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  2. Debits and credits - Wikipedia

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    To determine whether to debit or credit a specific account, we use either the accounting equation approach (based on five accounting rules), [13] or the classical approach (based on three rules). [14] Whether a debit increases or decreases an account's net balance depends on what kind of account it is. The basic principle is that the account ...

  3. Double-entry bookkeeping - Wikipedia

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    Accounting entries that debit and credit related accounts typically include the same date and identifying code in both accounts, so that in case of error, each debit and credit can be traced back to a journal and transaction source document, thus preserving an audit trail. The accounting entries are recorded in the "Books of Accounts".

  4. General journal - Wikipedia

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    A general journal entry would typically include the date of the transaction (which may be dispensed with after the first entry of the day), the names of the accounts to be debited and credited (which should be the same as the name in the chart of accounts), the amount of each debit and credit, and a summary explanation of the transaction ...

  5. Journal entry - Wikipedia

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    Transactions are listed in an accounting journal that shows a company's debit and credit balances. The journal entry can consist of several recordings, each of which is either a debit or a credit. The total of the debits must equal the total of the credits, or the journal entry is considered unbalanced.

  6. Accounting equation - Wikipedia

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    The accounting equation plays a significant role as the foundation of the double-entry bookkeeping system. The primary aim of the double-entry system is to keep track of debits and credits and ensure that the sum of these always matches up to the company assets, a calculation carried out by the accounting equation. It is based on the idea that ...

  7. Account (bookkeeping) - Wikipedia

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    In bookkeeping, an account refers to assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and equity, as represented by individual ledger pages, to which changes in value are chronologically recorded with debit and credit entries.

  8. Credit Card vs. Debit Card: Similarities and Differences ...

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    Debit and credit cards give you different protection against fraudulent purchases, separate types of rewards, and have different effects on your ability to borrow money in […]

  9. Ledger - Wikipedia

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    A ledger [1] is a book or collection of accounts in which accounting transactions are recorded. Each account has: an opening or brought-forward balance; a list of transactions, each recorded as either a debit or credit in separate columns (usually with a counter-entry on another page) and an ending or closing, or carry-forward, balance.