Question

When reconciling a 6 column worksheet for a closing - after totaling up the debits and credits, the closing agent needed to add a $30,000 Debit to the Seller Debit column to make it equal to the Seller Credit column. What does this Seller Debit represent?

1) A $30,000 check the Seller must bring to the closing
2) A $30,000 check the Seller will receive from this closing

Answer 1

2) A $30,000 check the Seller will receive from this closing

Step-by-step explanation:

The debit column represents the money the seller is receiving from this sale (seller's proceeds).

All the debit's correspond to money received by the seller (e.g. earnest money), while the credits correspond to payments carried out by the seller (e.g. any fees paid by the seller).

So if there is some amount that need to be debited at the end, it can only be money that the seller should receive.