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why we write DR & CR

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CA Final
56 Points Posted on 25 January 2008
why v write debit for DR & credit for CR...give me logic...if u knw thn plz tell me how u knw tht
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On 25 January 2008 at 17:23 Report
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TaXpert
15126 Points Posted on 25 January 2008
DR stands for Debit Record and CR for Credit Records
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On 25 January 2008 at 17:52
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PRACTISING CA
4283 Points Posted on 25 January 2008
Its so simple as that.
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On 25 January 2008 at 21:23
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2677 Points Posted on 26 January 2008
It is just a short form thats all. Dr:- Debit Cr:- Credit
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On 26 January 2008 at 14:11
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Articled assistant
500 Points Posted on 11 February 2008
The answer to that is the following question by me...
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On 11 February 2008 at 16:36
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Articled assistant
500 Points Posted on 11 February 2008
Why do we call a CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT as C.A.??????
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On 11 February 2008 at 16:36
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Tax Consultant
292 Points Posted on 11 February 2008
There is no great logic to applied here. It is simple, Dr is short form of Debit and Cr is short form of Credit.
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On 11 February 2008 at 16:46
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16631 Points Posted on 17 February 2008
Okk let me tell u correct answer. Earlier people use to maintain two seperare registers i.e. debit register nd credit register respectively.
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On 17 February 2008 at 13:32
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16631 Points Posted on 17 February 2008
So Dr. and Cr. are nothing but the short name of debit and credit.....
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On 17 February 2008 at 13:33
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211 Points Posted on 17 February 2008
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On 17 February 2008 at 17:50
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Practicing CA
308 Points Posted on 23 February 2008
Dr stands for Debit record and Cr stands for Credit record.
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On 23 February 2008 at 14:15
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student
32 Points Posted on 25 February 2008
they r simply abbr. to make r work easy...
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On 25 February 2008 at 18:39
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business
179 Points Posted on 25 February 2008
how it will look in journal entries if u write debit or credit..every professional course is recognised by short names..like dr. mba. ca etc..
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On 25 February 2008 at 18:52
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business
179 Points Posted on 25 February 2008
so why its called dr n cr. to b accepted by evry organisation
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On 25 February 2008 at 18:53
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459630 Points Posted on 29 October 2008

 there is no 'r' in debit.So why do we write dr?

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On 29 October 2008 at 14:58


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