In: Accounting
The following information for the month of December 20x6, with respect to cash activities, was gathered by the company’s bookkeeper.
Cash balance per books, December 1 |
$3,700 |
Cash received during December |
$77,000 |
Cash payments made during December |
$77,548 |
Cheques outstanding, December 31 |
$5,300 |
Bank service charges for December |
$52 |
Deposits in transit at December 31 |
$1,700 |
A $1,200 cheque received from a customer on December 13 in payment of an account receivable was incorrectly recorded as |
$1,020 |
a) What is the adjusted cash balance per books at December 31?
b) What is the cash balance per the bank statement at December 31?
c) The last item in the list above will cause what kind of adjustment to the cash account balance?
(a)
Cash balance as per book on dec 1 | $3700 | |
Add: | ||
Cash recieved during december | $77000 | |
Error in recording of cheques recieved on dec 13 | $180 | $77180 |
Less: | ||
Cash payments made during december | $77548 | |
Bank service charges | $52 | ($77600) |
Adjusted cash balance per books at 31 dec | $3280 |
(b)
Adjusted cash balance as per books and adjusted balance as per bank stament will be the same
So adjusted balance as per bank statement at 31 dec=$3280
Cash balance as per bank statement + All additions - All deduction = Adjusted balance as per bank statement at 31 dec
So,
Additions to the cash balance bank statement as per question are
Deposit in transit $1700
Deposit in transit is added as this will soon be deposited in bank
Deductions to the cash balance of bank statement as per question are
Cheques outstanding $5300
Cheques outstanding is deducted as these will soon be presented at the bank and payment will be made
So,
(c)
As the cheque recieved from customer of $1200 was incorrectly recorded as $1020 the difference of $180($1200-$1020) should be added to the cash book.
So, the entry will be
DEBIT Cash book $180
CREDIT Creditor's account $180
The cash book is debited as the amount of $1200 was wrongly recorded as $1020
The creditor's account will be credited as an additional $180 due to error should be recorded
So the adjustment will result in increasing the cash account of $180