In: Accounting
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.
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 | ||