10-27. Henry Mills is responsible for preparing checks, recording cash disbursements, and preparing bank reconciliations for Signet Corporation. While reconciling the October bank statement, Mills noticed that several checks totaling $937 had been outstanding for more than one year. Concluding that these checks would never be presented for payments, Mills prepared a check for $937 payable to himself, forged the treasurer's signature, and cashed the check. Mills made no entry in the accounts for this disbursement and attempted to conceal the theft by destroying the forged check and omitting the long-outstanding checks from subsequent bank reconciliations. a. Identify the weaknesses in Signet Corporation's internal control. b. Explain several audit procedures that might disclose the fraudulent disbursement.

. A company's bank statement shows a balance of $10,000, while its cash account in the company's records indicates a balance of $9,500. Upon further analysis, the following discrepancies are identified: Outstanding checks total $1,200. • The bank erroneously recorded a deposit of $500 as $50. • The company recorded a check for $800 as $80. • The bank charged a service fee of $25. Calculate the adjusted cash balance after reconciling these discrepancies. Remember to subtract any outstanding checks and bank errors, and add any unrecorded deposits or adjustments to the cash balance to arrive at the adjusted cash balance.

Oscar Myer receives the March bank statement for Jam Enterprises on April 11, 2018. The March 31 bank statement shows an ending cash balance of $67,566. A comparison of the bank statement with the general ledger Cash account, No. 101, reveals the following.   O. Myer notices that the bank erroneously cleared a $500 check against his account in March that he did not issue. The check documentation included with the bank statement shows that this check was actually issued by a company named Jam Systems. On March 25, the bank lists a $50 charge for the safety deposit box expense that Jam Enterprises agreed to rent from the bank beginning March 25. On March 26, the bank lists a $102 charge for printed checks that Jam Enterprises ordered from the bank. On March 31, the bank lists $33 interest earned on Jam Enterprises' checking account for the month of March. O. Myer notices that the check he issued for $128 on March 31, 2018, has not yet cleared the bank. O. Myer verifies that all deposits…

You are the accountant for Georgia Company, and you have recently received the bank statement for your company's account and need to reconcile it with your general ledger cash account. Georgia's records show an ending balance for the month of $12,802.40 while the bank's records show an ending balance of $12,573.76. The bank charged $7.50 in service fees and paid $26.15 in interest. All but three checks written during the month were processed by the bank without incident during the month. The three exceptions were: • Check # 841 was correctly processed by the bank as $841.27 but was mistakenly recorded by you as $741.27. Check #853 for $70.57 had not yet been processed by the bank. • Check #855 for $723.46 had not yet been processed by the bank. All but two of the deposits made during the month were processed by the bank without incident. The two exceptions were: • A customer check for $321.95, which had been deposited during the month, was returned NSF. • A deposit totaling $619.37 had…

Alaska Impressions Co. records all cash receipts on the basis of its cash register tapes. Alaska Impressions discovered during October 20Y3 that one of its sales clerks had stolen an undetermined amount of cash receipts by taking the daily deposits to the bank. The following data have been gathered for October: Line Item Description Amount Cash in bank according to the general ledger $11,680 Cash according to the October 31, 20Y3, bank statement 13,275 Outstanding checks as of October 31, 20Y3 3,670 Bank service charge for October 40 Note receivable, including interest collected by bank in October 2,100 No deposits were in transit on October 31. a.  Determine the amount of cash receipts stolen by the sales clerk.fill in the blank 1 of 1$

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The Cash account of ReeseCorporation had a balance of $3,540 at October 31, 2018. Included were outstanding checkstotaling $1,800 and an October 31 deposit of $300 that did not appear on the bank statement.The bank statement, which came from Turnstone State Bank, listed an October 31 balance of$5,570. Included in the bank balance was an October 30 collection of $600 on account froma customer who pays the bank directly. The bank statement also showed a $30 service charge,$10 of interest revenue that Reese earned on its bank balance, and an NSF check for $50.Prepare a bank reconciliation to determine how much cash Reese actually had at October 31.

The bookkeeper at Jefferson Company has not reconciled the bank statement with the Cash account, saying, "I don't have time." You have been asked to prepare a reconciliation and review the procedures with the bookkeeper. The April 30, Current Year, bank statement and the April ledger account for cash showed the following (summarized): Balance, April 1, Current Year Deposits during April Interest collected Checks cleared during April NSF check-A. B. Wright Bank service charges BANK STATEMENT Checks Deposits Balance $32,200 $36,500 68,700 1,280 69,980 $46,400 23,580 250 23,330 170 23,160 23,160 Balance, April 30, Current Year Cash (A) April 1 Debit Balance April Deposits Credit 24,000 April Checks written 42,200 44,600 A comparison of checks written before and during April with the checks cleared through the bank showed outstanding checks at the end of April of $6,400 (including $4,600 written before and $1,800 written during April). No deposits in transit were carried over from March,…

Alaska Impressions Co. records all cash receipts on the basis of its cash register tapes. Alaska Impressions discovered during October 20Y3 that one of its sales clerks had stolen an undetermined amount of cash receipts by taking the daily deposits to the bank. The following data have been gathered for October: Cash in bank according to the general ledger $12,620 Cash according to the October 31, 20Y3, bank statement 12,990 Outstanding checks as of October 31, 20Y3 3,340 Bank service charge for October 35 Note receivable, including interest collected by bank in October 2,260   No deposits were in transit on October 31. A. Determine the amount of cash receipts stolen by the sales clerk. B. What accounting controls would have prevented or detected this theft?     Cash receipts stolen     A. Determine the amount of cash receipts stolen by the sales clerk.       Final question     B. What accounting controls would have prevented or…

During the bank reconciliation process at Fontes & Barone Consulting, LLP, on May 2, 20X1, the following two errors were discovered in the firm's records. a. The checkbook and the general journal indicated that Check 2206 dated April 17 was issued for $696 to make a cash purchase of supplies. However, examination of the canceled check and the listing on the bank statement showed that the actual amount of the check was $96. b. The checkbook and the general journal indicated that Check 2247 dated April 20 was issued for $140 to pay a utility bill. However, examination of the canceled check and the listing on the bank statement showed that the actual amount of the check was $410. Required: 1. Prepare the adjusted book balance section of the firm's bank reconciliation statement as of April 30, 20X1. The book balance as of April 30 was $25,275. The errors listed above are the only two items that affect the book balance. 2. Prepare general journal entries to correct the errors. Check 2206…