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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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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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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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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