Debits vs. Credits
T-Account Challenge
Name That Account!
Name that Account II
What Happens Next?
100

Which side of the T-account represents debits?

What is the left side?

100

What do T-accounts help accountants visualize?

What are how transactions affect accounts – increases and decreases?

100

Which account type does "Accounts Payable" belong to?

What are liabilities?

100

Buying a new truck with cash: Does cash go up or down?

What is down?

100

What happens if you debit Cash?

What is cash increases?

200

A decrease in assets will be listed as what?

What is a credit?

200

Where does a t-account get its namesake from?

What is because it's shaped like a T?

200

Which account type does "Equipment" belong to?

What are assets?

200

If the business buys supplies for $300 on credit, how is it recorded?

Supplies (debit $300)

Accounts Payable (credit $300)

200

What happens if you credit Cash?

What is cash decreases.  

300

If a business purchases supplies on account, what are the debit and credit entries?

What is Debit Supplies, Credit Accounts Payable?

300

Liabilities increase on the debit or credit side

What is the credit side?

300

If you own a bakery, where would “Ingredients Inventory” go?

What is under assets?

300

If the owner invests $2,000 cash in the business, how is it recorded?

Cash (debit $2,000)

Owner’s Capital (credit $2,000)

300

What happens if you debit Accounts Payable?

Liability decreases. 

400

What happens when a company receives a cash donation? (Debit what, credit what?)

What is debit cash, credit revenue/owner's equity?

400

A customer pays off their balance. How does this affect Accounts Receivable?

What is Debit Cash, Credit Accounts Receivable?

400

An external investor puts $5000 into a business. Which two accounts increase?

What is asset and owner's equity?

400

If a business pays $500 cash for rent, which accounts are affected?

Rent Expense (debit $500)

Cash (credit $500)

400

Assets increase on which side of the T-account

What is the debit side?

500

Which side of the T-account represents credit

What is the right side?

500

Revenue increase on the debit or credit side?

What is the credit side.

500

Does expenses increase on the debit or credit side?

What is the debit side?

500

You invest $10,000 of personal money into your business. What account is credited?

Owner's Equity

500

A company earns $2,000 in revenue but hasn’t received payment yet. What happens next?

Debit Accounts Receivable, Credit Revenue