In: Accounting
In a bank reconciliation, interest revenue earned on a chequing account would be deducted from the book balance.
true or false
Solution: | |||
Answer is "FALSE" | |||
Working Notes: | |||
Notes: | In bank reconciliation we want to get true balance of both bank balance in Books & chequing bank statement and which should be equal at end of reconciliation. | ||
In the given case , interest revenue earned in a chequing accounts means this entry is first reflected in statement of Chequing account after which it is posted to book balance . And interest revenue earned increases the balance of chequing accounts so for reconciliation it should added to Book balance . Then only reconciliation process can be done correctly as it will makes both Book & Chequing balance reconciled and equals. | |||
Hence | "In a bank reconciliation, interest revenue earned on a chequing account would be deducted from the book balance." is FALSE | ||
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