Capital Irrigation has only a General Journal in its accounting system and uses it to record all

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Capital Irrigation has only a General Journal in its accounting system and uses it to record all transactions. However, the company recently set up a petty cash fund to facilitate payments of small items. The following petty cash transactions were noted by the petty cashier as occurring during April 2014:
Apr. 1 Received a company cheque for $300 to establish the petty cash fund.
15 Received a company cheque to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since April 1 and to increase the fund to $400.
a. Paid $82 for janitorial service.
b. Purchased office supplies for $78.15.
c. Purchased postage stamps for $25.00.
d. Paid $92.50 to The County Crier for an advertisement in the newspaper.
e. Discovered that $24.35 remained in the petty cash box.
30 The petty cashier noted that $244.95 remained in the fund and decided that the April 15 increase in the fund was too large. Therefore, a company cheque was issued to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since April 15 and to reduce the fund to $350.
f. Purchased office supplies for $94.65.
g. Reimbursed office manager for business auto, $45.60.
h. Paid $14.80 courier charges to deliver merchandise to a customer.
Required
Prepare journal entries to record the establishment of the fund on April 1 and its replenishments on April 15 and April 30.
Analysis Component:
Explain how the company's financial statements would be affected if the petty cash fund were not replenished and no entry were made on April 30.
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Fundamental Accounting Principles

ISBN: 978-0071051507

Volume I, 14th Canadian Edition

Authors: Larson Kermit, Tilly Jensen

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