Accounting: What the Numbers Mean 9th Edition by Wayne W McManus, Daniel F Viele, David H Marshall

Exercise 11

Bank reconciliation Prepare a bank reconciliation as of October 31 from the fol­lowing information:

a. The October 31 cash balance in the general ledger is $844.

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b. The October 31 balance shown on the bank statement is $373.

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c. Checks issued but not returned with the bank statement were No. 462 for $13 and No. 483 for $50.

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d. A deposit made late on October 31 for $450 is included in the general ledger balance but not in the bank statement balance.

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e. Returned with the bank statement was a notice that a customer’s check for

$75 that was deposited on October 25 had been returned because the customer’s account was overdrawn.

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f. During a review of the checks that were returned with the bank statement, it was noted that the amount of Check No. 471 was $65 but that in the company’s records supporting the general ledger balance, the check had been erroneously recorded as a payment of an account payable in the amount of $56.