Exercise 6-8 (Algo) Petty cash fund with a shortage LO P2 Waupaca Company establishes a $490 petty cash fund on September 9. On September 30, the fund shows $215 in cash along with receipts for the following expenditures: transportation-in, $55; postage expenses, $78; and miscellaneous expenses, $140. The petty cashier could not account for a $2 shortage in the fund. The company uses the perpetual system in accounting for merchandise inventory.

Prepare (1) the September 9 entry to establish the fund, (2) the September 30 entry to reimburse the fund, and (3) an October 1 entry to increase the fund to $565.

Journal Entry Worksheet