Treatment of Carriage Outwards and Carriage Inwards in Trial Balance
The trial balance is a statement of Dr. & Cr. balances which are extracted from ledger accounts after balancing them. It is prepared to prove that the total of accounts with a debit balance is equal to the total of accounts with a credit balance in the company. Carriage inwards in trial balance and Carriage outwards in trial balance are both treated as just another expense.
Here is a list of all major type of accounts in a business and their usual ledger balances.
| Account Type | Ledger Balance |
| Asset | Debit |
| Liability | Credit |
| Equity/Capital | Credit |
| Revenue | Credit |
| Expense | Debit |
| Drawings | Debit |
All expense line items such as carriage inwards and carriage outwards would present a debit balance in the trial balance.
Related Topic – How to prepare trial balance from ledger balances?
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