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For each of the following items a through g, indicate whether its amount (1) affects the bank or book side of a bank reconciliation, (2) represents an addition or a subtraction in a bank reconciliation, and (3) requires an adjusting journal entry.

Bank or Book Side Add or Subtract Adj. Entry or Not

d. Outstanding checks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Answer

  1. Bank side will be affected

  2. Represents subtraction is a bank reconciliation statement

  3. No adjustment is required in journal entry

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Step-by-Step SolutionStep 1: Meaning of Outstanding Check

Outstanding check is a written check that hasn't been cashed and deposited by the bank or, in any case, cleared with the bank.

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Effect of transaction


Bank or Book

Add or subtract

Adj. Entry or Not

Outstanding checks

Bank

Subtract

No adjustment required

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