Owner’s Private Contributions: debit or credit?

Owner’s Private Contributions increases on the credit side and decreases on the debit side: its normal balance is a credit.

Equity is the owners’ claim on the business: capital, reserves and retained profit. 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)—
Germany (generic accounts)Privateinlagen

Practice entries that use this account