Debits & Credits Flashcards
Learn about debits and credits
_______ and _______ are words used to represent the duality or double-sided nature of all financial transactions.
Debits and credits
Debits and credits are words used to represent the _______ or _______-_______ nature of all financial transactions.
duality or double-sided
Debits and credits are words used to represent the duality or double-sided nature of all _______ _______.
financial transactions
Accountants consider every _______ to involve a flow of economic benefit from a source to a destination.
transaction
Accountants consider every transaction to involve a flow of _______ _______ from a source to a destination.
economic benefit
Accountants consider every transaction to involve a flow of economic benefit from a _______ to a _______.
source, destination
_______ _______ is the potential for an asset to contribute either directly or indirectly to the flow of an entity’s cash.
Economic benefit
Economic benefit is the _______ for an asset to contribute either directly or indirectly to the flow of an entity’s cash.
potential
Economic benefit is the potential for an _______ to contribute either directly or indirectly to the flow of an entity’s cash.
asset
Economic benefit is the potential for an asset to contribute either directly or indirectly to the flow of an entity’s _______.
cash
Credits represent the source of _______ _______, while debits represent the destination of _______ _______.
economic benefit, economic benefit
_______ represent the source of economic benefit, while debits represent the destination of economic benefit.
Credits
Credits represent the source of economic benefit, while _______ represent the destination of economic benefit.
debits
_______ that economic benefit can flow to (debits) include: assets, expenses, and dividends.
Destinations
Destinations that _______ _______ can flow to (debits) include: assets, expenses, and dividends.
economic benefit