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always cited in this order. |
always cited in this order. |
A journal entry describes an elementary business transaction, |
A journal entry describes an elementary business transaction, |
in the sense that it subtracts the amount from the debit account |
in the sense that it subtracts the amount from the debit account |
and adds the same amount the credit account. |
and adds the same amount to the credit account. |
For example, when paying off a debt, the debit account would typically |
For example, when paying off a debt, the debit account would typically |
be a liability account (subtracting something there means reducing |
be a liability account (subtracting something there means reducing |
the debt) and the credit account would typically be an asset account, |
the debt) and the credit account would typically be an asset account, |