Mastery Problem: Internal Control and Cash

Murdstone, Inc.,

Youve just been hired as an accountant at Murdstone, Inc., a retailer of supplies for arts and crafts. Since the previous accountant left his position suddenly, the controller of Murdstone, Inc. has asked for your assistance in filling in some missing data for the companys January accounting records. Youll also be responsible for training the companys new accounting intern.

Cash Short and Over

The controller has completed the T accounts for the cash and sales accounts as of January 30, but needs to attend an important conference in another city. She has requested that you prepare the T account for the cash short and over account as of January 30 also. You are told that the balance of the account is zero as of the beginning of January, and that all the companys sales are in cash. To simplify, this problem assumes that a company has only one bank account, which is identified in the Ledger as Cash.

Review the following T accounts, and then scroll down to complete the cash short and over T account and answer the associated question that follows it.

Cash
Balance 1/1	5,500	1/2 Establish Petty Cash	500
1/5	2,775
1/12	6,355
1/23	3,270
1/30	4,450
Balance	21,850

Sales
		Balance 1/1	0
		1/5	2,780
		1/12	6,320
		1/23	3,290
		1/30	4,380
		Balance	16,770

Review the preceding T accounts, and then complete the cash short and over T account and associated question that follows it.

Cash Short and Over
Balance 1/1	0	1/12
1/5		1/30
1/23
		Balance

What will happen to the ending balance in the cash short and over account at the end of the accounting period? The discrepancy must be reported on the company website.

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Petty Cash

Murdstone, Inc. issued a check on January 2 to establish a petty cash fund of $500. On January 31, the amount of cash in the petty cash fund is $443. The company would like to issue a check to replenish the fund, based on the following summary of petty cash receipts:

Account	Amount on Receipt
Office Supplies		$28
Miscellaneous Administrative Expense		23

The companys policy is to record any missing funds in the cash short and over account.

The new intern has prepared a proposed journal entry to record the replenishing of the petty cash fund:

Date		Description	Debit			Credit
Jan. 31		Petty Cash		51
		Cash					51

Prepare for your discussion with the intern by journalizing the correct entry for the replenishment of the petty cash fund. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Jan. 31	Inventory
	Miscellaneous Administrative Expense
	Cash
	Cash

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Bank Reconciliation

The companys accounting intern has prepared the end-of-January bank reconciliation from the bank statement, and is worried because the adjusted balance amounts do not agree. After reviewing the bank reconciliation, scroll down for the next steps in helping the intern.

Murdstone, Inc. Bank Reconciliation January 31, 20Y5
Cash balance according to bank statement				$23,557.98
Adjustments:
Add: Deposit in transit on January 31				12,125.25
Deduct: Outstanding Check No. 124		$(62.00)
Outstanding Check No. 125		(42.00)
Outstanding Check No. 129		(1,250.00)
Total deductions				(1,354.00)
Adjusted balance				$34,329.23
Cash balance according to Murdstone, Inc.				$51,596.88
Adjustments:
Add: Note and interest collected by bank				15,250.75
Deduct: Check returned because of insufficient funds		$(23,475.40)
Bank service charge		(250.00)
Error in recording Check No. 123		(9,000.00)
Total deductions				(32,725.40)
Adjusted balance				$34,122.23

You assist the intern to check source documents, and find that most of the dollar amounts are correct; however, two dollar amounts are incorrect. After reviewing the following table, scroll down for the next steps in helping the intern.

Item	Correct in Intern's Reconciliation?			If "No," Corrected Amount
Cash balance according to bank statement		Yes
Deposit in transit on January 31		Yes
Outstanding Check No. 124		Yes
Outstanding Check No. 125		No			$24.00
Outstanding Check No. 129		Yes
Cash balance according to Murdstone, Inc.		Yes
Check returned because of insufficient funds		Yes
Note and interest collected by bank		Yes
Bank service charge		No			$25.00
Murdstone error in recording Check No. 123 as $12,435.00 rather than the correct amount of $21,435.00		Yes

After asking the intern to search for other errors by comparing her reconciliation to prior bank reconciliations prepared by the former accountant, you work together to compute the corrected adjusted balance. Round your answer to two decimal places.

Corrected adjusted balance amount: $