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Why some asset accounts have a credit balance?

Accounting Manager Interview Question
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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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