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Debits and Credits (Word Scramble)

Author:
Harold Averkamp, CPA, MBA

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1. Liability accounts are decreased with a ________.

DEBIT IEDTB
DEBIT IDBTE

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

REVENUE EUNRVEE
REVENUE UREVENE

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

RIGHT RGTHI
RIGHT HITGR

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

DOUBLE DEULBO
DOUBLE BDELOU

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

LEFT TELF
LEFT FLET

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

CREDIT ICDRTE
CREDIT DRCTIE

7. The accounting _________ should always be in balance.

EQUATION TUOAINEQ
EQUATION EOUQANTI

8. The book of original entry.

JOURNAL RJOUNAL
JOURNAL NARUOLJ

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

EQUITY QUYETI
EQUITY UQEYIT

10. These cause owner's equity to decrease.

EXPENSES SPXEESEN
EXPENSES NESEXSEP

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

CREDIT IRTCED
CREDIT RIEDTC

12. _____________ are income statement accounts with debit balances.

EXPENSES NPESXEES
EXPENSES NPSEXESE

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

RECEIVABLE EACBIEERLV
RECEIVABLE EEERLVIACB

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

ACCUMULATED TDCUAMCUELA
ACCUMULATED ADULMTCCUEA

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

DEBIT BDEIT
DEBIT BEITD

16. ______________ are income statement accounts with credit balances.

REVENUES ERSEENUV
REVENUES VNRUESEE

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

DRAWING IRWANGD
DRAWING RGDNAIW

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

PAYABLE EPLYBAA
PAYABLE PLEAYAB

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 ATRIL
TRIAL IALRT

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

DOUBLE LEOBDU
DOUBLE OBLDUE
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