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Debits and Credits (Word Scramble)

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Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA

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1. Liability accounts are decreased with a ________.

DEBIT EBITD
DEBIT ITBED

2. A credit will increase the balance in a _________ account.

REVENUE NEREVEU
REVENUE EUVEENR

3. Credits are entered on the _________ side of a T-account.

RIGHT THGIR
RIGHT GHRIT

4. The accounting equation remains in balance due to ________-entry bookkeeping.

DOUBLE BLDEUO
DOUBLE DOEBUL

5. Debits are entered on the ______ side of a T-account.

LEFT EFLT
LEFT FLET

6. Asset account balances are reduced by a _________ entry.

CREDIT TECDRI
CREDIT IETCRD

7. The accounting _________ should always be in balance.

EQUATION NOUAITEQ
EQUATION EQAIUTNO

8. The book of original entry.

JOURNAL NJOALRU
JOURNAL RUANOJL

9. Revenues cause an increase in owner's _________.

EQUITY QETIYU
EQUITY QETYUI

10. These cause owner's equity to decrease.

EXPENSES ESENSXPE
EXPENSES NSEPESXE

11. The amount entered on the right side of a T-account.

CREDIT IDECRT
CREDIT IDRCTE

12. _____________ are income statement accounts with debit balances.

EXPENSES ESSEPENX
EXPENSES ESSENXEP

13. Accounts _______________ is a balance sheet account with a debit balance.

RECEIVABLE IELVEEACRB
RECEIVABLE RECVEALBIE

14. _______________ Depreciation is a balance sheet account with a credit balance.

ACCUMULATED MDAUCCUALET
ACCUMULATED LACUDMAUTEC

15. The Retained Earnings account will be reduced with a __________ entry.

DEBIT BDIET
DEBIT BTIDE

16. ______________ are income statement accounts with credit balances.

REVENUES UNEESEVR
REVENUES VNESUREE

17. A sole proprietor's ___________ account will have a debit balance.

DRAWING IRWANGD
DRAWING RANIDGW

18. Accounts _____________ is a balance sheet account with a credit balance.

PAYABLE PLEYABA
PAYABLE AYEPALB

19. A ________ balance is an internal report to show that the general ledger's debit balances add up to the same total as the credit balances.

TRIAL IATLR
TRIAL LTARI

20. The requirement that each journal entry needs to have at least one debit and one credit is known as __________-entry bookkeeping.

DOUBLE DEBLOU
DOUBLE LUODBE
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