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Checking Account
Simulation
Understanding Checking Accounts
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What is a Checking
Account?
Tool used to transfer funds deposited into the account to make a cash purchase
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Benefits
Can help to manage money
Written record of expenses
Check register
Makes bill paying more convenient
Reduces the need to carry large amounts of cash
Most liquid of cash management tools
Considered cash
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How Do They Work?
Money is deposited into the account with a deposit
slip
Pay the transaction by:
Writing a check
Using an ATM and/or debit card
Using electronic banking
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What is a Check?
Piece of paper pre-printed with the account holder‟s:
Name
Address
Financial institution
Identification numbers
Used at the time of purchase as the form of payment
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Bouncing a Check
Check written for an amount over the current balance held in the account „Bounces‟ due to insufficient funds
Assessed fee
Can cause harm to credit report
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Other Checking
Components
Register
Place to immediately record all monetary transactions for
a checking account
Written checks, ATM withdrawals, debit card purchases,
deposits, fees, etc.
Checkbook
Contains the checks and the register to track monetary
transactions
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Endorsing a Check
Endorsement
Signature on the back of the check from receiving person approving it for
deposit
A check must be endorsed to be deposited
Three types
Blank
Restrictive
Special
Safest way to endorse the check is to wait until going to the
financial institution to deposit or cash the check
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Blank Endorsement
Receiver of the check signs
his/her name
Anyone can cash or deposit
the check after has been
signed
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Restrictive Endorsement
More secure than blank
endorsement
Receiver writes “for
deposit only” above
his/her signature
Allows the check to only be
deposited
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Special Endorsement
Receiver signs and writes
“pay to the order of (fill in
person‟s name)”
Allows the check to be
transferred to a second
party
Also known as a two-party
check
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Hand out check books
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Making a Deposit
Deposit slip
Contains the account holder‟s account number and
allows money to be deposited into the correct account
Checks must be endorsed to deposit
Record deposit in the check register
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Deposit slips
At back of check book
Rip out a deposit slip and follow along with simulation
Write Date
You have five checks to deposit- write them on deposit slip You will have to use the back of the deposit slip and transfer total to
the front
Check #365- $50.00
Check #101- $23.00
Check # 231- $47.00
Check # 598- $30.00
Check # 432- $15.00
Continue on next slide
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Deposit slips continued
You would like to receive $25.00 cash back from
deposit.
Write in less cash received
Subtract from subtotal to get net deposit
Sign Deposit slip for cash back
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Writing a Check
A check is given as a form of payment Funds taken out of checking account
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Writing a check
Rip out a check and follow along You want to buy a hoodie from the school store they
cost $30.00.
Write a check to the Silver Dollar for the hoodie.
Step one- Fill in Date
Step two- Payee- Silver Dollar
Step three- Amount of check in numbers
Step four- Amount of check in words
Step five- Memo- Hoodie
Step six- Sign check
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Check Register
Place to immediately record all monetary
transactions for a checking account
Written checks, ATM withdrawals, debit card purchases,
deposits, fees, etc.
Used to keep a running balance of the account
Remember -
Record every transaction!
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Check Register
Date
The date the check was written or transaction was made
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Check Register
Number
The number of the written check; if a debit card or ATM
was used, write DC or ATM
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Check Register
Description of Transaction The person/business the check was written to or where the debit card was
used
Gray line can be used to write the memo
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Check Register
Payment/Debit(-)
Amount of the transaction
Deducted from the balance
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Check Register
Deposit/Credit(+)
Amount of the transaction
Added to the balance
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Check Register
√ T
A box used to track whether the check has cleared on the monthly bank
statement when reconciling at the end of each month
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Check Register
Fee (if any)
Any extra fees charged to the account
Listed on the bank statement
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Check Register
Balance The running total of the checking account
Calculated by adding or subtracting each transaction
Keep this updated
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Checkbook Simulation