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ISBN: 9781259307959

Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Bookkeeping is the process of recording the financial transactions of a company on a regular basis. With the process of bookkeeping, companies can track important financial information that helps management in making crucial decisions.

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Chapter 2, Problem 2.5BE

Understand the effect of debits and credits on accounts (LO2–3)

For each of the following accounts, indicate whether a debit or credit is used to increase (+) or decrease (–) the balance of the account. The solution for the first one is provided as an example.

Account	Debit	Credit
Asset	+	–
Liability	_____	_____
Common Stock	_____	_____
Retained Earnings	_____	_____
Dividends	_____	_____
Revenue	_____	_____
Expense	_____	_____

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