Els Company most recently reconciled its bank statement and book balances of cash on August 31 and it reported two checks outstanding, No. 5888 for $1,038.05 and No. 5893 for $484.25. The fol¬ lowing information is available for its September 30, 2005, reconciliation:

Additional Information Check No. 5904 is correctly drawn for $2,080 to pay for computer equipment; however, the record- eeper misread the amount and entered it in the accounting records with a debit to Computer Equipment and a credit to Cash of $2,050. The NSF check shown in the statement was origi- naHy received from a customer, S. Nilson, in payment of her account. Its return has not yet been recorded by the company. The credit memorandum is from the collection of a $1,400 note for Els Company by the bank. The bank deducted a $15 collection fee. The collection and fee are not yet recorded.
Required 1. Prepare the September 30, 2005, bank reconciliation for this company.
2. Prepare the journal entries to adjust the book balance of cash to the reconciled balance.
Analysis Component 3. The bank statement reveals that some of the prenumbered checks in the sequence are missing. Describe three situations that could explain this.

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From the September 30 Bank Statement Previous Balance Total Checks and Debits Total Deposits and Credits Current Balance 16,800.45 9,620.05 11,182.85 18,363.25 Checks and Debits Deposits and Credits Daily Balance Date No. Amount Date Amount Date Amount 09/03 5888 1,038.05 09/05 1,103.75 08/31 16,800.45 09/04 5902 731.90 09/12 2,226.90 09/03 15,762.40 09/07 5901 1,824.25 09/21 4,093.00 09/04 15,030.50 09/17 588.25 NSF 09/25 2,351.70 09/05 16,134.25 09/20 5905 937.00 09/30 22.50 IN 09/07 14,310.00 09/22 5903 399.10 09/30 1,385.00 CM 09/12 16,536.90 09/22 5904 2,080.00 09/17 15,948.65 09/28 5907 213.85 09/29 5909 1,807.65 09/20 15,011.65 09/21 19,104.65 09/22 16,625.55 09/25 18,977.25 09/28 18,763.40 09/29 16,955.75 09/30 18,363.25