commission receivable is credited
credit
A credit, if you were taking money out of an account to pay a commission that would be a debit. So we have learned a credit is-money coming in and a debit is-money going out
If Advance Commission paid: [Debit] Prepaid Commission xxxx [Credit] Cash/Bank xxxx If advance commission received: [Debit] Cash/Bank xxxx [Credit]Unearned Commission xxxx
Debit column
commission receivable is credited
credit
A credit, if you were taking money out of an account to pay a commission that would be a debit. So we have learned a credit is-money coming in and a debit is-money going out
If Advance Commission paid: [Debit] Prepaid Commission xxxx [Credit] Cash/Bank xxxx If advance commission received: [Debit] Cash/Bank xxxx [Credit]Unearned Commission xxxx
Debit column
Commission received in income and cash is actually received so cash is always debit and commission is credit against cash as all incomes have credit balance as default balance.
[Debit] Commission expense xxxx [Credit] Commission payable xxxx
Debit Commission expense Credit Cash / bank
[Debit] Cash account xxxx [Credit] Commission received xxxx
Those commission costs would show as debits on the profit and loss.
Adjusting entry as follows: [Debit] Cash / bank [Credit] Accrued commission
The journal entry for receiving commission is as follows: Cash/Bank [Debit] XXXX Commission[Credit] XXXX