Cottage Company deposits all cash receipts on the day they are received, and it makes all cash payments by check. At the close of

business on December $31,$ its Cash account shows a debit balance of $$18,367.$ The company's bank statement as of December $31$

shows an ending cash balance of $$15,941.$ The following information was also available.

Outstanding checks as of December $31$ total $$2,271.$

Included with the bank statement was a debit memo in the amount of $$45$ for service charges.

Check Number $2519,$ listed with the canceled checks, was correctly drawn for $$815$ in payment of a utility bill on December $16.$

The company mistakenly recorded it with a debit to Utilities Expense and a credit to Cash in the amount of $$870.$

The December $31$ cash receipts of $$3,455$ were placed in the bank's night depository after banking hours and were not recorded

on the December $31$ bank statement.

The bank deducted $$1,252$ for an NSF check from a customer deposited on December $10.$

Required:

Prepare the bank reconciliation as of December $31.$