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  • HillStreetBlues
    HillStreetBlues Posts: 6,257 Forumite
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    Altior said:
    If you had a personal balance sheet for your own finances (I do), and you have a positive balance on your current account, where would it sit?

    (mine are listed under current assets).
    I agree, but with bank accounts it's looked at from the banks side. A debit is money coming out of your account, for the bank it's a decrease in liability For the customer a debit will reduce the capital in the bank.
    The letter certainly could be written better
    Let's Be Careful Out There
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