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What do you mean by credit balance of Joint Venture Account?

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Joint Venture Account is prepared to ascertain the trading results of a Joint Venture in form of profit earned or loss incurred. When the total of debit side (records expenses) is lesser than the total of credit side (records incomes), the account is said to have a credit balance and the firm earns profit as the incomes are greater than the expenses.

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