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When I enter an invoice for accounts payable it is always putting the credit on the first line and the debit on the second line. All my accounting classes show this reversed. Debit comes first and credit comes second. Accounts payable is doing the opposite way. does it really matter??

For ex:
Debit Credit
dc-1200-000 Daycare checking 250.00
dc-6120-000 Workers Comp 250.00

I am hoping that the reasoning is that putting the credit first puts the checking account first.

That 's the first thing that comes to my mind when writing a check, and it is the first thing numerically in most cases.

I had two accounting courses during my six years of college. I would be hard-pressed to remember the order of debit or credit. Maybe the PowerChurch team is being considerate of their intended user audience.

FWIW ... it doesn't really matter, as long as there's one of each

The program will default to putting the bank account first whether it is a debit or credit to that account. Where income, expense or liability accounts change for every transaction, generally speaking, each transaction potentially affects the bank and so will be the common account in almost every transaction.