Question: An initial post must be posted by Friday. Please respond to the following questions: According to our rules of debits and credits, an increase to

An initial post must be posted by Friday. Please respond to the following questions:

According to our rules of debits and credits, an increase to an asset (such as our cash account) is a DEBIT and a decrease to an asset is a CREDIT. Why then when we look at our bank statement is a deposit a Credit? and a withdrawal is a debit? Isn't that backwards?

REPLY IN 175 WORDS

Step by Step Solution

There are 3 Steps involved in it

1 Expert Approved Answer
Step: 1 Unlock blur-text-image
Question Has Been Solved by an Expert!

Get step-by-step solutions from verified subject matter experts

Step: 2 Unlock
Step: 3 Unlock

Students Have Also Explored These Related Accounting Questions!