3.13: Accounting Entries for Depreciation

The following represents the accounting book entries for straight-line depreciation in the second year (from the prior page) , by way of example .

Balance Sheet Book Entries (End of second Year)

Note above that the debits are indented to the left, and the credits are more to the right. That’s as it should be.

The balance sheet , at the end of the second year, will contain the following items:

You will recall that equities are credit balance accounts. As noted earlier, y ou should think of the income statement as part of the equity section of the balance sheet. This is not a stretch as retained earnings are derived from the income statement, i.e., when the “ addition to retained earnings ” are transferred to the balance sheet – at year’s end, at the time that the books are cl o sed . Therefore , think of revenues as credits , and expenses as debits.