Purchase Rebates and Discounts: debit or credit?

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

A contra-expense account reduces an expense, such as purchase returns or discounts received. 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)609 Rabais, remises et ristournes obtenus sur achats
Germany (generic accounts)—

Practice entries that use this account

No published exercise uses this account yet.