From: | "Oliver Elphick" <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk> |
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To: | Ian Harding <iharding(at)pakrat(dot)com> |
Cc: | pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Re: Accounting Schema |
Date: | 2001-05-07 17:14:05 |
Message-ID: | 200105071714.f47HE5iW005881@linda.lfix.co.uk |
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Ian Harding wrote:
>Credits are positive, debits are negative. I have never seen an accounting
>package that did not follow this basic rule.
It's the other way round. To help remember:
debit = "He owes" and represents an asset or an expense
credit = "He trusts [to be repaid] for" and represents a liability or a
receipt.
Since debits are assets, they are naturally represented by positive sign.
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