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.

  

On July 31, the company’s Cash account has a $25,640 debit balance, but its July bank statement shows a $27,833 cash balance.

Check No. 3031 for $1,470 and Check No. 3040 for $727 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 $511 and Check No. 3069 for $2,238, both written in July, are not among the canceled checks on the July 31 statement.

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.

The July bank statement shows the bank collected $9,000 cash on a noninterest-bearing note for Branch, deducted a $45 collection expense, and credited the remainder to its account. Branch had not recorded this event before receiving the statement.

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.

The July statement shows a $14 bank service charge. It has not yet been recorded in miscellaneous expenses because no previous notification had been received.

Branch’s July 31 daily cash receipts of $10,152 were placed in the bank’s night depository on that date but do not appear on the July 31 bank statement.

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.

Answer 1

Solution:

Bank Reconciliation - July 31
Bank's Cash balance		Company's cash balance
Particulars	Amount	Particulars	Amount
Ending balance as per Bank Statements	$27,833.00	Ending Balance as per cash books	$25,640.00
Additions:		Additions:
Outstanding cash receipt	$10,152.00	Note collection (Net of collection expense)	$8,955.00
Deductions:		Deductions:
Outstanding Checks (Check no 3031, 3065 and 3069)	$4,219.00	Incorrect check recording ($1,280 - $1,270)	$10.00
		NSF Check (Including charges)	$805.00
		Service Charge	$14.00
Up to date cash balance as per bank	$33,766.00	Up to date cash balance as per books	$33,766.00

Journal Entries
Date	Particulars	Debit	Credit
31-Jul	Cash Dr	$8,955.00
	Collection Charges Dr	$45.00
	To Note receivables		$9,000.00
	(To record note collection)
31-Jul	Rent Expense Dr	$10.00
	To Cash		$10.00
	(Incorrect recording of rent expense now corrected)
31-Jul	Accounts receivables Dr	$795.00
	NSF charges Dr	$10.00
	To Cash		$805.00
	(To record NSF check from customer)
31-Jul	Miscellenous Expenses Dr	$14.00
	To Cash		$14.00
	(Being service charges debited by bank)