Question

The following information is available to reconcile Branch Company’s book balance of cash with its bank statement cash balance as of July 31, 2017.

  

1. On July 31, the company’s Cash account has a $24,752 debit balance, but its July bank statement shows a $27,080 cash balance.
2. Check No. 3031 for $1,520 and Check No. 3040 for $752 were outstanding on the June 30 bank reconciliation. Check No. 3040 is listed with the July canceled checks, but Check No. 3031 is not. Also, Check No. 3065 for $536 and Check No. 3069 for $2,288, both written in July, are not among the canceled checks on the July 31 statement.
3. In comparing the canceled checks on the bank statement with the entries in the accounting records, it is found that Check No. 3056 for July rent expense was correctly written and drawn for $1,280 but was erroneously entered in the accounting records as $1,270.
4. The July bank statement shows the bank collected $7,500 cash on a noninterest-bearing note for Branch, deducted a $38 collection expense, and credited the remainder to its account. Branch had not recorded this event before receiving the statement.
5. The bank statement shows an $805 charge for a $795 NSF check plus a $10 NSF charge. The check had been received from a customer, Evan Shaw. Branch has not yet recorded this check as NSF.
6. The July statement shows a $11 bank service charge. It has not yet been recorded in miscellaneous expenses because no previous notification had been received.
7. Branch’s July 31 daily cash receipts of $8,652 were placed in the bank’s night depository on that date but do not appear on the July 31 bank statement.

Required:

1. Prepare the bank reconciliation for this company as of July 31, 2017.

2. Prepare the journal entries necessary to bring the company’s book balance of cash into conformity with the reconciled cash balance as of July 31, 2017. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)
  

Answer 1

1. Bank reconciliation for this company as of July 31, 2017

BRANCH COMPANY
Bank Reconciliation
July 31, 2017
Ending balance per bank statement		$27,080	Book Balance		$24,752
Add:			Add:
Deposits on July 31	$8,652		Proceeds of note less collection charge [$7,500 - $38]	$7,462
		$8,652			$7,462
		$35,732			$32,214
Deduct:			Deduct:
Check No. 3031	$1,520		NSF Check including Fees [$795 + $10]	$805
Check No. 3065	$536		Service Charge	$11
Check No. 3069	$2,288		Error (Check No. 3056) [$1,280 - $1,270]	$10
		$4,344			$826
Adjusted bank balance		$31,388	Adjusted book balance		$31,388

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2.

Journal entries in the books of Branch company
Transaction	General Journal	Debit	Credit
a	No journal entry required
b	No journal entry required
c	Rent expense	$10
	Cash		$10
d	Cash	$7,462
	Collection expense	$38
	Notes receivable		$7,500
e	Accounts receivable - E. Shaw	$805
	Cash		$805
f	Miscellaneous expenses	$11
	Cash		$11
g	No journal entry required