Own Shares Being Cancelled: debit or credit?

Own Shares Being Cancelled increases on the debit side and decreases on the credit side: its normal balance is a debit.

Assets are resources the business controls. They increase with a debit.

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)2772 Actions propres ou parts propres en voie d’annulation
Germany (generic accounts)—

Practice entries that use this account