Cash Discounts Received: debit or credit?

Cash Discounts Received increases on the credit side and decreases on the debit side: its normal balance is a credit.

Revenue increases equity through the business’s sales and other income. It increases with a credit.

Name in each convention

Account names and codes follow each convention; an account that does not exist in a convention is not offered there.

ConventionAccount
United States (US textbooks)—
Spain (PGC 2007)—
France (PCG 2025)765 Escomptes obtenus
Germany (generic accounts)—

Practice entries that use this account