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kmet44
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Quickbooks has this TOTALLY Wrong!!

The Draw Account or Owners Draw is a Contra-Equity Account that should carry a Debit balance (not negative).  Then at the end of each year you should make a journal entry to credit the drawing account then debit owners equity. 

The removal of cash transaction is a debit to the temporary drawing account and a credit to cash.

EOY (End of Year) there is a credit to the drawing account & a debit to owners equity.  Quickbooks should not be carrying a "negative" balance in this account this confuses the accounting equation immensely and is fundamentally incorrect.  When you remove money using a draw account it should carry a debit balance as a contra account to owners equity

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