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Rossa did not have much knowledge of accounting. She was confused about why the closing balance in her business bank statement and in her business

Rossa did not have much knowledge of accounting. She was confused about why the closing balance in her business bank statement and in her business cash book (bank column) are not same. Detalis of the balances were as follow

Bank Statement for March 2016

Date Particular Debit Credits Balance
1 March Balance b/d 25000 cr
2 Nora (77213) 8000 33000 cr
4 Hashim (33289) 16000 17000 cr
5 Husin(46789) 1740 18740 cr
8 Johan (33290) 12000 6740 cr
10 Farid (33291) 6000 740
11 Standing order 6000 5260
15 Bank charges 300 5560
24 Interest on deposit 160 5400

Cash Book (Bank Column)

Date Particulars $ Date Particulars $
1 March Balance b/d 25,000 4 March Hashim (33289) 16,000
2 Nura(77213) 8,000 8 Johan (33290) 12,000
Husin(46789) 1,780 10 Farid (33291) 6,000
Yusri(53421) 20,000 30 Salary(33292) 4,000
Aiza(48777) 10,000 30 Electric(33293) 10,000
Balance c/d 16,780
64,780

Addditional information:

On confirmation withthe bank it was revealed that the cheque, numbered 46789 received from a customer, Husin, was actually $1740. However , the bookkeeper mistakenly recorded it as $1,780 in the cash book.

Required:

a) Update the cash book

b) Prepare a bank reconciliation statement as 31 March 2016

c) Explain the three reasons differences between business's bank statement balance and business's cash book balance can occur

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