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Zhang Company’s bank statement from Nguyen National Bank at August 31, 2015, shows the information below....

  1. Zhang Company’s bank statement from Nguyen National Bank at August 31, 2015, shows the information below.

Balance, August 1                                                              $11,284

August deposits                                                                   47,521

Checks cleared in August                                                46,475

Balance, August 31                                                              16,856

Bank credit memoranda:

Collection of note receivable plus $105 interest       $5,105

Interest earned                                                                             41

Bank debit memorandum:

Safety deposit box rent                                                              20

A summary of the Cash account in the ledger for August shows: balance, August 1, $10,959; receipts $50,050; disbursements $47,794; and balance, August 31, $13,215. Analysis reveals that the only reconciling items on the July 31 bank reconciliation were a deposit in transit for $3,200 and outstanding checks of $2,925. The deposit in transit was the first deposit recorded by the bank in August. In addition, you determine that there were two errors involving company checks drawn in August: (1) A check for $340 to a creditor on account that cleared the bank in August was journalized and posted for $430. (2) A salary check to an employee for $275 was recorded by the bank for $277.

Instructions

a) Prepare a bank reconciliation at August 31.

b) Journalize the adjusting entries to be made by Zhang Company at August 31. Assume that interest on the note has not been accrued by the company.

Solutions

Expert Solution

Zhang Company
Bank Reconciliation
August 31
Cash balance according to bank statement $16,856
Add: Deposits in transit $5,729
Error in recording check $2 $5,731
$22,587
Deduct: Outstanding checks: $4,156
Adjusted Balance $18,431
Cash balance according to Roper Electronics $13,215
Add: Note and interest collected by bank $5,105
Interest Earned $41
Error in recording check $90 $5,236
$18,451
Deduct: Bank Charges $20
Correct cash balance, September 30 $18,431
Account Titles and Explanation Debit Credit
1 Cash $5,105
Notes Receivable $5,000
Interest Revenue $105
2 Cash $41
Interest Revenue $41
3 Cash $90
Accounts Payable $90
4 Miscellaneous Expense $20
Cash $20

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