Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
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Author: J. David Spiceland, Wayne M Thomas, Don Herrmann
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 9RQ
To determine

Normal balance:

Normal balance refers to the excess of amount on one side, over the amount on the other side in an account. The excess amount of debit side over the credit side is shown as the normal debit balance. The excess amount of credit side over the debit side is shown as the normal credit balance.

Type of accountNormal balance
Asset accountDebit balance
Liability accountCredit balance
Expense accountDebit balance
Revenue accountCredit balance
Dividend accountDebit balance

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To indicate: Whether to debit or credit the following accounts in order to decrease the balance of the account.

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