Why are accounting systems called double-entry


Response to the following questions:

1. What types of transactions increase equity? What types decrease equity?

2. Why are accounting systems called double-entry?

3. For each transaction, double-entry accounting requires which of the following?

(a) Debits to asset accounts must create credits to liability or equity accounts,

(b) a debit to a liability account must create a credit to an asset account, or

(c) total debits must equal total credits.

4. Explain what a compound journal entry is.

 

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