ACC120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Trial Balance, Accounting Equation, General Ledger

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The terms increase + and decrease have been used in recording transactions in t-accounts, however formal accounting required the use of debits and credits. In the debits and credits system a debit always recorded on the. Left, a credit is always recorded on the right. (dr) represents. Credits or debits does not mean an increase/decrease it is dependent on the type of account a credit/debit is entered in. Every transaction will have at least one debit and credit. The total of debits in a transaction must equal the total of all the credits. Debits do not equal credits the accounting equation will not be equal. Purpose of accounting is to prepare financial statements to help users make informed decisions. There are many transactions during an accounting period, it is nessacery to summarize them all within the financial statements. The framework used to make sure this is done correctly is called the accounting cycle.

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