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Chapter 9 – Accounting for Cash | DRAFT | Accounting 1, 7th Edition1

Chapter 9Accounting for Cash

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Bank Reconciliation

This tutorial guides you through the steps of bank reconciliation.

For more detailed instructions, refer to Section 9.3 of the Accounting 1 textbook.

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Bank Reconciliation

Write the header: Who, What, When.

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Bank Reconciliation

Enter the ending balance from the bank statement.

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Bank Reconciliation

Determine, record, and total the amount of the outstanding cheques.

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Bank Reconciliation

When cashed, the outstanding cheques will lower the bank balance.

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Bank Reconciliation

Add any late deposits, if they exist.

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Bank Reconciliation

Calculate the adjusted amount of the bank statement’s balance.

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Bank Reconciliation

Record the balance of cash from the company’s ledger account.

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Bank Reconciliation

Deduct any Debit memos discovered on the bank statement.

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Bank Reconciliation

Calculate the new cash balance.

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Bank Reconciliation

Often, these two amounts will not match. If not, look for credit memos or errors.

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Bank Reconciliation

In this case, a journalizing error was discovered. It had the effect of increasing the ledger balance of cash.

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Bank Reconciliation

Calculate the adjusted ledger account balance of cash.

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Bank Reconciliation

The two adjusted balances agree. Bank reconciliation is almost complete.

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Bank Reconciliation

Making changes on this statement will not effect the company’s ledger account balance of $1 121.76 (incorrect due to the journalizing error).

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Bank Reconciliation

Journal entries are needed to correct the journalizing error and change the company’s ledger account from $1 121.76 to $1 118.36

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