Chapter 2, Problem 2.5EX

To determine

Journal:

Journal is the book of original entry. Journal consists of the day today financial transactions in a chronological order. The journal has two aspects; they are debit aspect and the credit aspect.

Rules of Debit and Credit:

Following rules are followed for debiting and crediting different accounts while they occur in business transactions:

• Debit, all increase in assets, expense, dividends, and owner’s drawing accounts, and all decrease in liabilities, revenues and owner’s capital accounts.

• Credit, all increase in liabilities, revenues, and owner’s capital accounts, and all decrease in assets, expenses, and owner’s drawing account.

Whether each of the following account is likely to have (a) debit entries only, (b) credit entries only, or (c) both debit and credit entries.