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Thats correct with DE accounting. However I always assumed, the logic followed here is that the money has been "debited from" the INCOME account and "CREDITED to" Assets/Checkings.


My somewhat limited understanding of this is that from your perspective, an increase in your asset/cash account would be a debit.

A big confusion for me initially was that my banks always talked about crediting my account whenever money was deposited/added to my account.

I finally understood it when I realized that from the banks perspective, an increase in my account is an increase in their liability towards me; they now owe me more money. Which is why they call it crediting my account.

So now I think of it like this: an increase in an asset is always a debit, an increase in liability is always a credit.


Debit from employer's account, credited to your bank.




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