Financial Accounting
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780133791129
Author: Jane L. Reimers
Publisher: Pearson Higher Ed
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Identify the errors in the books and provide means to rectify them.
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Analyze the following errors that appeared on Black Electric’s bank statement and in the accounting records: a. The bank recorded a deposit of $30 as $300. b. The company’s bookkeeper mistakenly recorded a deposit of $250 as $520. c. The company’s bookkeeper mistakenly recorded a payment of $450 received from a customer as $540 on the bank deposit slip. The bank caught the error and made the deposit for the correct amount. d. The bank statement shows a check that was written by the company for $392 was erroneously paid (cleared the account) as $329. e. The bookkeeper wrote a check for $275 but erroneously wrote down $257 as the cash disbursement in the company’s records. Requirement For each error, describe how the correction would be shown on the company’s bank reconciliation.
For which of the following errors would the appropriate amount be added to the balance per books on a bank reconciliation?
Deposit of $770 recorded by the bank as $77.
O Check written for $73, but recorded by the company as $37.
O A returned $470 check recorded by the bank as $47.
Check written for $57, but recorded by the company as $75.
For which of the following errors would the appropriate amount be subtracted from the balance per books on a bank reconciliation?
Deposit of $200 recorded by the bank as $20.
A returned $100 check recorded by the bank as $10.
Check written for $63, but recorded by the company as $36.
Check written for $59, but recorded by the company as $95.
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