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El Gato Painting Company maintains a checking account at American Bank. Bank statements are prepared at...

El Gato Painting Company maintains a checking account at American Bank. Bank statements are prepared at the end of each month. The November 30, 2021, reconciliation of the bank balance is as follows: Balance per bank, November 30 $ 3,421 Add: Deposits outstanding 1,390 Less: Checks outstanding #363 $ 142 #365 220 #380 75 #381 105 #382 280 (822 ) Adjusted balance per bank, November 30 $ 3,989 The company’s general ledger checking account showed the following for December: Balance, December 1 $ 3,989 Receipts 44,550 Disbursements (43,753 ) Balance, December 31 $ 4,786 The December bank statement contained the following information: Balance, December 1 $ 3,421 Deposits 44,900 Checks processed (43,818 ) Service charges (41 ) NSF checks (630 ) Balance, December 31 $ 3,832 The checks that were processed by the bank in December include all of the outstanding checks at the end of November except for check #365. In addition, there are some December checks that had not been processed by the bank by the end of the month. Also, you discover that check #411 for $760 was correctly recorded by the bank but was incorrectly recorded on the books as a $670 disbursement for advertising expense. Included in the bank’s deposits is a $3,200 deposit incorrectly credited to the company’s account. The deposit should have been posted to the credit of the Los Gatos Company. The NSF checks have not been redeposited and the company will seek payment from the customers involved. Required: 1. Prepare a bank reconciliation for the El Gato checking account at December 31, 2021. 2. Prepare any necessary adjusting journal entries indicated.

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i) EI Gato painting Corp
Bank Reconciliation Statement
Month Ended December 31
Cash Balance as per bank statement 3832
Add: Deposit Outstanding 4240
Less: BANK ERROR -3200
Less: Outstanding checks -847
Corrected Cash Balance 4025
Cash balance as per books 4786
Less: Bank Service charges -41
        Error Rectification -90
       NSF Checks -630
Corrected book Balance 4025
ii) Journal enttry
Account NAME Debit Credit
Advertisement Expense 90
Misc. Expense 41
Accounts Receivable 630
     To bank 761
(being adjustment entry passed)
Note 1 Receipts 44550
Less: Dec receipt deposited
BANK DEPOSIT 44900
Less Deposit Error -3200
Less: prior Month deposit -1390 40310
Deposit Outstanding 4240
Note 2 Dec. Disbursement 43753
Error in rec. check 411 90
Less: Total checks proceesed-bank 43818
Prior Month checks -602 -43216
Dec check o/s 627
Add: check 365 220
Total checks outstanding 847

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