Hello,
I want to get into accounting. I like working with numbers and spreadsheets and making things balance. I understand how accounting works and all that, but my problem is the debit/credit/asset. I KNOW how it's supposed to work, but my brain gets confused when those terms start flying around.
Are there tips to help me understand this? I think once it's explained to where it makes sense, it'll be easy.

Thanks.

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So you’re really saying is you don’t in fact know how accounting works…

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^^ this I always tell people that if you can’t understand financial accounting then it’s not for you

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Hi ever heard of DEAD CLIC. Debits are Expenses, Assets & Drawings and Credits are Liabilities, Income & Capital.

Swat up on the Accounting Equation, google it! Assets - Liabilities = Capital. Hope this helps.

Debit means left. Credit means right. Debits must equal to credits.

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