Unearned Revenue: debit or credit?

Unearned Revenue increases on the credit side and decreases on the debit side: its normal balance is a credit.

Liabilities are amounts the business owes. They increase 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)Unearned Revenue
Spain (PGC 2007)485 Ingresos anticipados
France (PCG 2025)487 Produits constatés d’avance
Germany (generic accounts)Passive Rechnungsabgrenzung

Practice entries that use this account