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zakhele
Jul 13, 2012, 02:26 AM
Why it is credited on trial balance

pready
Jul 13, 2012, 06:51 AM
Because it is a Contra Asset account. Contra accounts offset another account. For example an asset has a normal Debit balance, so the corresponding contra account will have a normal Credit balance because it is offsetting(reducing) the asset account.