Debits or Credits
Account Normal balances
Account Classifications
Types of Accounts
Journaling Transactions
100

A company purchases office supplies. This account is debited. 

What is supplies (Or asset)?

100

This type of account, which represents resources owned by a business, normally has a debit balance.

What are Assets

100

Cash, inventory, and equipment belong to this Classifications of accounts.

What are Assets?

100

Cash and Accounts Recievable fall under this type of account.

What are Assets?

100

This is the first in recording a business transaction in the accounting system.

What is Journalizing

200

When a business earns revenue on account, this account is credited.

What is revenue?

200

Revenue accounts have this type of normal balance, increasing when recorded.

What is a credit?

200

Accounts Payable is a part of this account classification.

What are Liabilites?

200
Accounts Payable is an example of this type of account?

What are liabilites?

200
When a business purchases supplies on credit, this account is credited.
What is Accounts Payable
300

When a business pays off a loan, this account is debited

What is Liabilities?

300

This type of account represents obligations owed to creditors and has a normal credit balance

What are Liabilities?

300

This classification is used to track an increase in the value of owners interest in the company.

What is Equity?

300

Salaries Expenses and Utilities Expenses fall under this account type.

What are expenses?

300

When a business earns revenue in cash, this account is debited.

What is Cash

400

To record an Increase in an Expense account, you use this type of balance.

What is a Debit?

400

Sales Revenue and Service Revenue are part of this classification of accounts.

What is revenue

400

Owners Drawings and Owners Captial fall under this account type.

What is Owners Equity?

400

To record an increase in an Expense account, this side of the journal entry is used.

What is the debit side?

500

When owners contribute cash to the business, this account is credited.

What is Capital?

500

This type eof account, representing the residual interest of the owners in a company, normally has a credit balance.

What is Equity?

500

Salaries expense and rent expense belong to this classification of accounts.

What are expenses?

500

This document is used as evidence when journalizing a transaction.

What is a source document.