Account Management Question:

Tell me why some asset accounts have a credit balance?

Management Accountant Interview Question
Management Accountant Interview Question

Answer:

Some asset accounts have a credit balance due to following reasons,

☛ Receiving and posting an amount that was higher than the recorded receivable
☛ Expenses occurred faster than the agreed upon prepayments
☛ An error caused by posting an amount to a wrong account
☛ The amount of checks written exceeded the positive amount in the Cash account
☛ Continuing to amortize or depreciate an asset after its balance has reached zero


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