There are five categories of nominal accounts used in
double-entry bookkeeping:
Income statements: what the company has made
Expense accounts: daily operating expenses of the company Asset accounts: the items that the company owns Accounts of Liability: What the Company Owes What is due to or by the firm owner in capital accounts. How various accounts handle debits and credits You must debit certain accounts and credit others in order to enhance the balance in your business accounts. Depending on the type of account you're handling, what you do will vary:
You credit an income account to raise it and debit it to
lower it. You debit an expense account to increase it and credit it to decrease it. You debit an asset account to increase A capital account debit indicates that the business owes its owners less money (i.e., reduces the business's capital), while a capital account credit indicates that the business owes its owners more money (i.e., increases the business's capital).