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Transcribed Image Text:The accountant at Fidel Trading has received the November 2010 bank
statement. She immediately investigates the difference between the bank account balance of the
cash book and the balance of the bank statement. The accountant has found the following
discrepancies:
i. A cheque for $3,000 received from a debtor was deposited at the bank but no journal
entry was made to record the transaction in the cash book.
ii. The repayment of a mortgage is made on behalf of
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the business by the bank on the authority of a
standing order. The payment of $18,00o for the
month of November 2010 was not recorded in the
cash book.
iii. A$36,900 deposit made to the bank on November
30, 2010, did not appear on the bank statement.
iv. A cheque for $67,000 which was paid to a creditor
was incorrectly recorded in the cash book as
$76,000.
Bank charges of $2,400 appeared on the bank statement only.
V.
vi. The direct transfer of $10,000 from Fidel's bank to the bank of the supplier was not
recorded in the cash book.
vii. Cheques amounting to $41,000 that were paid to suppliers and creditors did not appear
on the bank statement.
viii. A deposit of $25,000 made by Federal Trading appeared on the bank statement of Fidel
Trading.
ix. The bank account in the cash book of Fidel Trading reflected an overdraft of $12,800 on
November 30, 2010.
Required:
1. Prepare Fidel Trading's adjusted cash book for November 30th 2010.
2. Prepare the necessary journal entries for Fidel Trading.
3. Prepare Fidel Trading's bank reconciliation statement for November 30th, 2010

Transcribed Image Text:Bank Reconciliation Statement
Fidel Trading's
Bank Reconciliation Statement
at November 30, 2010
Balance as per adjusted cash book
-31,200
41,000
Add: Outstanding cheques
9,800
Less: Deposit in transit
36,900
25,000
Error in bank deposit
-61,900
-52.100
Balance as per bank statement
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