Our accountant asked us to make journal entries to make the accounts accurate, but he only has a credit or a debit, not both and when doing a journal entry it requires both

davidmatyas · ‎July 27, 2025

We redid our QuickBooks for 2024. Our accountant is saying that some of our account balances are out of date from what he has in his systems. So he gave us a list of accounts and a "journal entry required" number. Either a debit or a credit.

The problem is that when I go make a generaly ledger entry, it required me to have a a debit and a credit.

But that is not in this case as this is just to bring the account up to match his numbers.

What would be the best way to do this? Should I just go into the account and add a line item to reflect that?

Thank you

Rainflurry · ‎July 28, 2025

@davidmatyas

Double-entry accounting always requires a debit and a credit of equal and offsetting amounts. Your accountant needs to give you the debit and credit for each adjusting entry. If your accountant gave you debits that don't have equal offsetting credits, there's nothing you can do. Ask him for the exact journal entries in this format:

Account	Debit	Credit
????	XXX
????		XXX

Rainflurry · ‎July 28, 2025

Can you post a screenshot of what you received from your accountant (with any personally identifying info removed, of course)?

acrespo519

I second this answer. Clearer instructions or journal entry numbers to off set.

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Our accountant asked us to make journal entries to make the accounts accurate, but he only has a credit or a debit, not both and when doing a journal entry it requires both