Financial account

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A financial account (or, simply, account; hereinafter, the Account) is an accounting device used in bookkeeping to record increases and decreases of business transactions relating to assets, liabilities, capital, withdrawals, revenue, and/or expenses. In other words, the Account is the concept that is used to record financial entries of a similar nature such as cash increases (debits) and decreases (credits) or, vice versa, accounts payable increases (credits) and decreases (debits).

Journalizing

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Rules of debit and credit

Rules of debit and credit
Category Type Normal balance (or increase) Decrease
Principal
accounts
Assets Debit Credit
Expenses
Owner's Withdrawals
Claim
accounts
Liabilities Credit Debit
Revenue
Owner's Capital
Adjusting
accounts
Any Behave oppositely to the Accounts that they adjust
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Adjusting accounts

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Chart of accounts

Main wikipage: Chart of accounts

Every organization can establish its own list of account titles, which is called the chart of accounts.