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  • Mar 23, 2007, 03:35 PM
    porcu69
    accounting closing adjustments
    Are the following correct?

    Are the following accounts closed with a debit or credit or not closed at all:

    1. Sales Revenue = closed with a debit
    2. Sales returns and allowances = closed with a credit
    3. salary expense = closed with a credit
    4. inventory = closed with a debit
    5. depreciation expense = credit / adjusted not closed
    6. accumulated depreciation = debit / adjusted not closed
    7. accounts receivable = closed with a credit
    8. interest revenue = not closed adjusted
    9. interest expense = not closed adjusted
    10. Cost of goods sold = debit, then close with credits to the contra accounts
  • Mar 24, 2007, 02:46 PM
    CaptainForest
    General rules of thumb:
    All revenue accounts (credit balance normally) are closed with a DEBIT
    All expense accounts (debit balance normally) are closed with a CREDIT
    All assets and liabilities are never closed.

    Therefore, of the list above, you will close the following with a DEBIT:
    Sales Revenue
    Interest revenue

    Of the list above, you will close the following with a CREDIT:
    Salary expense
    Depreciation expense
    Interest expense
    Sales returns and allowances (because this is the opposite of a revenue account)
    Cost of goods sold

    Of the list above, you will NEVER close the following:
    Accounts receivable
    Inventory
    Accumulated depreciation

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