Chapter 4, Problem 23RQ

To determine

Bank reconciliation: Bank statement is prepared by bank. The company maintains its own records from its perspective. This is why the cash balance per bank and cash balance per books seldom agree. Bank reconciliation is the statement prepared by company to remove the differences and disagreement between cash balance per bank and cash balance per books.

To Give: Some examples of timing differences in cash transactions that firms need to account for in a bank reconciliation.