ACCT 121 Lecture 2: Chap 2 Part 3

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Increasing in liabilities are entered on the right or credit side, and decreases in liabilities are entered on the left or debit side: asset accounts normally show debit balances. That is, debits to a specific asset account should exceed credits to that account: liability accounts normally show credit balances. That is, credits to a liability account should exceed debits to that account: the normal balance of an account is on the side where an increase in the account is recorded. Normal balance in an account may help you trace errors. For example, a credit balance in an asset account such as land or a debit balance in a liability account such as salaries and wages payable usually indicates an error. Occasionally, though, an abnormal balance may be correct.

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