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El Gato Painting Company maintains a checking account at American Bank. Bank statements are prepared at the end of each month. The November 30, 2016,

El Gato Painting Company maintains a checking account at American Bank. Bank statements are prepared at the end of each month. The November 30, 2016, reconciliation of the bank balance is as follows:

Balance per bank, November 30 $ 3,371
Add: Deposits outstanding 1,340
Less: Checks outstanding
#363 $137
#365 215
#380 70
#381 100
#382 230 (752 )
Adjusted balance per bank, November 30 $ 3,959

The companys general ledger checking account showed the following for December:

Balance, December 1 $ 3,959
Receipts 44,050
Disbursements (43,253 )
Balance, December 31 $ 4,756

The December bank statement contained the following information:

Balance, December 1 $ 3,371
Deposits 44,400
Checks processed (43,318 )
Service charges (36 )
NSF checks (580 )
Balance, December 31 $ 3,837

The checks that were processed by the bank in December include all of the outstanding checks at the end of November except for check #365. In addition, there are some December checks that had not been processed by the bank by the end of the month. Also, you discover that check #411 for $520 was correctly recorded by the bank but was incorrectly recorded on the books as a $250 disbursement for advertising expense. Included in the banks deposits is a $2,700 deposit incorrectly credited to the companys account. The deposit should have been posted to the credit of the Los Gatos Company. The NSF checks have not been redeposited and the company will seek payment from the customers involved.

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1.

Prepare a bank reconciliation for the El Gato checking account at December 31, 2016.

2.

Prepare any necessary adjusting journal entries indicated. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No journal entry required" in the first account field.)

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