Accounting Basics


Budgeting Bro

Updated Mar 12th, 2022

I enjoy the basic of accounting. What a nerd.

T chart with DR on the Left and CR on the right.

Debit does not necessarily mean decrease, it means left.

What you got = Debit, Where it came from = Credit

Assets = Liabilities + Equity

Debits = Credits

Credit the account that gives value and debit the account that receives value.

Summarized Debit and Credit Rules: For example, Account type of assets to increase debit, to decrease credit.

Account TypeTo IncreaseTo Decrease
AssetsDebitCredit
LiabilitiesCreditDebit
EquityCreditDebit
RevenueCreditDebit
ExpenseDebitCredit

5 General Account Types:

Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenues, Expenses

Credits results in account decreases for assets and expenses and account increases for liabilities, equity, and revenues.

The Cash Flow Statement has three parts: Operating, Investing, and Financing Activities.