Bank Reconciliation and Entries

Sunshine Interiors deposits all cash receipts each Wednesday and Friday in a night depository, after banking hours. The data required to reconcile the bank statement as of July 31, 20Y0, have been taken from various documents and records and are reproduced as follows. The sources of the data are printed in capital letters. All checks were written for payments on account.

CASH ACCOUNT:
Balance as of July 1			$ 9,578.00
CASH RECEIPTS FOR MONTH OF JULY			6,465.42

DUPLICATE DEPOSIT TICKETS:
Date and amount of each deposit in July:
Date		Amount		Date		Amount		Date		Amount
July 2		$569.50		July 12		$580.70		July 23		$ 713.45
5		701.80		16		600.10		26		601.50
9		819.24		19		701.26		31		1,177.87

CHECKS WRITTEN:
Number and amount of each check issued in July:
Check No.		Amount		Check No.		Amount		Check No.		Amount
614		$243.50		621		$309.50		628		$837.70
615		350.10		622		Void		629		329.90
616		279.90		623		Void		630		882.80
617		395.50		624		707.01		631		1,081.56
618		435.40		625		158.63		632		325.40
619		320.10		626		550.03		633		310.08
620		238.87		627		381.73		634		241.71
Total amount of checks issued in July										$8,379.42

BANK RECONCILIATION FOR PRECEDING MONTH:

Sunshine Interiors
Bank Reconciliation
June 30, 20Y0
Cash balance according to bank statement				$9,422.80
Adjustments:
Deposit of June 30 not recorded by bank		$780.80
Outstanding Check No. 580		($310.10)
Outstanding Check No. 602		(85.50)
Outstanding Check No. 612		(92.50)
Outstanding Check No. 613		(137.50)
Total adjustments				155.20
Adjusted balance				$9,578.00
Cash balance according to company's records				$9,605.70
Adjustments:
Bank service charges				(27.70)
Adjusted balance				$9,578.00

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Required:

1. Prepare a bank reconciliation as of July 31. If errors in recording deposits or checks are discovered, assume that the errors were made by the company. Assume that all deposits are from cash sales. All checks are written to satisfy accounts payable. When required, enter amounts in dollars and cents.

Sunshine Interiors
Bank Reconciliation
July 31, 20Y0
Cash balance according to bank statement		$
Adjustments:
Deposit of July 31, not recorded by bank
Outstanding check no. 613
Outstanding Check No. 628
Outstanding Check No. 633
Total adjustments
Adjusted balance		$
Cash balance according to company's records		$
Adjustments:
Principal of note collected
Deposit of July 31, not recorded by bank
Outstanding Check No. 633
Total adjustments
Adjusted balance		$

Feedback

Set up two sections: one for the bank balance and the other for the company cash account. Determine the effect of the data on each section. Recall that when you are finished, the adjusted balances in the bank and company sections of the reconciliation must be equal. If not, an item has been overlooked or treated in error. Recall that the company's cash account balance is updated for any items in the company section of the bank reconciliation.

Learning Objective 5.

2. Journalize the necessary entries (a.) that increase cash and (b.) that decrease cash. The accounts have not been closed. When required, enter amounts in dollars and cents. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

a. 20Y0 July 31	Cash
b. July 31

Feedback

2. Keep in mind that the company needs to journalize any adjusting items in the company section of the bank reconciliation, because these have not been previously recorded by the company. Debit memo items like bank service charges decrease Cash. Items that come from credit memos like collections of notes or interest by the bank increase cash. If the company made an error that overstates or understates cash in the company section, the journal adjustment would decrease Cash or increase Cash, respectively.

Learning Objective 5.

3. What is the amount of Cash that should appear on the balance sheet as of July 31? $

4. Assume that a canceled check for $180 has been incorrectly recorded by the bank as $1,800. Select how the error would be included in a bank reconciliation and how it should be corrected.

Treatment
To correct

Feedback

Set up two sections: one for the bank balance and the other for the company cash account. Determine the effect of the data on each section. Recall that when you are finished, the adjusted balances in the bank and company sections of the reconciliation must be equal. If not, an item has been overlooked or treated in error. Recall that the company's cash account balance is updated for any items in the company section of the bank reconciliation.

4. Errors should be added or deducted from the bank or company section of the reconciliation depending on the nature of the error. If the bank made the error, the bank section would be adjusted. Subtract to obtain the difference between the correct and incorrect amounts. Has the bank overstated or understated the Cash balance in their records?

Learning Objective 5.