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Expenses Account is - within closing entry?

A- Debit 

B- Credit 

C- all answers are false 

 

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Question added by Ahmed kandil , Cost Controller , Battour Holding Cpompany
Date Posted: 2016/01/10
Ahmed kandil
by Ahmed kandil , Cost Controller , Battour Holding Cpompany

correct answer is B 

credit 

ayesha ayesha
by ayesha ayesha , Accounts manager , south Asia media group

a debit entry is an expense account it causes owners equity credit.

b.credit is the expenses account in closing entry

Nasiha Abdul Nasar
by Nasiha Abdul Nasar , Accountant , AL BURJ HOLDINGS LLC

expenses account is credit within closing entry

manseer muhammed ali
by manseer muhammed ali , Accountant General , Royal Lighting L.L.C & Royal Furnishing LLC

Each expense account is credited and the income summary is debited for the sum of the balances of expense accounts. This will reduce the balance in income summary account.

Abdul Wasee Memon
by Abdul Wasee Memon , Assistant Accounts Manager , Ahmed Group of Companies

A- Debit.........................................................

Amer Bakodah
by Amer Bakodah , External Audit Intern , Grant Thornton

Every Debit has a credit if we make a T a/c 

The balance b/f will be debited and the closing entry will be credited

Answer is Credit

Muhammad Usman Zubair
by Muhammad Usman Zubair , Manager Accounts -Projects , Bahria Town Construction Wing Phase-8

Option number2 is the answer

 

Yara Fouda
by Yara Fouda , Finance , Schlumberger

When closing the entry its a credit.

 

Mohamed Ismail
by Mohamed Ismail , Senior Accountant , NEWPOWER.SA

b-credit......................................

Dhatchina Moorthy Selvaraj
by Dhatchina Moorthy Selvaraj , Accounts Supervisor , Gulf Agency Co. Qatar W.L.L

Answer is B.

ACCOUNTS DEBIT CREDIT INCOME SUMMARY XXXX   EXPENSES   XXXX