If a repairs expenditure has been carried on a machine & it has been debited to Machinery account, which account shall be debited to rectify the same?

Repairs account

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Machine account

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Solution

The correct option is A
Repairs account

To record a repair or maintenance expense in your records, debit the repairs and maintenance expense account by the amount of the expense in a journal entry.

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