Chapter 7: Q17RQ (page 412)
Why is it necessary to record journal entries after the bank reconciliation has been prepared? Which side of the bank reconciliation requires journal entries?
To record the transactions into the accounts.
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Preparing a bank reconciliation and journal entries
This problem continues the Crystal Clear Cleaning problem begun in Chapter 2 and
continued through Chapter 6.
In March 2019, Crystal Clear Cleaning opened a new checking account at First
Regional Bank. The bank statement dated March 31, 2019, for Crystal Clear
Cleaning follows:
Beginning Balance, March 1, 2019
Deposits and other credits:
Mar. 2
10
18
20
23 EFT Peg’s Restaurant(1)
(1) Peg’s Restaurant is a customer making a payment on account.
(3) Texas Energy is a utility provider.
(2) Check Art is a company that prints business checks (considered a
bank expense) for Crystal Clear Cleaning.
\(33,000
900
19,000
50,000
350
Checks and other debits:
Mar. 2 EFT to Check Art(2)
Ending balance, March 31, 2019
\) 0
31 Interest Revenue 50
5 Ck#235
9 Ck#237
9 Ck#236
26 Ck#239
10
2,400
1,500
2,900
2,000
28 EFT to Texas Energy(3) 130
29 Ck#240 300
31 Bank service charge 25
103,300
(9,265)
$ 94,035
Crystal Clear Cleaning’s Cash account in the general ledger shows the following
transactions for March:
Cash—First Regional Bank Checking Account
Balance
Deposit
Deposit
Deposit
Deposit
2,400
2,900
1,500
400
2,000
94,870
Mar. 2
10
18
20
31 Deposit
33,000
900
19,000
50,000
1,770
Mar. 2
4
5
10
21
Ck#235
Ck#236
Ck#237
Ck#238
Ck#239
300
300
23
29
Ck#240
Ck#241
Balance
Requirements
1. Prepare the bank reconciliation at March 31, 2019.
2. Journalize any required entries from the bank reconciliation. Post to the CashT-account to verify the balance of the account matches the adjusted book balancefrom the bank reconciliation.
What are the steps taken to ensure control over purchases and payments by check?
Levon Helm was a kind of one-person mortgage broker. He would drive around Tennessee looking for homes that had second mortgages, and if the criteria were favorable, he would offer to buy the second mortgage for “cash on the barrelhead.” Helm bought low and sold high, making sizable profits. Being a small operation, he employed one person, Cindy Patterson, who did all his bookkeeping. Patterson was an old family friend, and he trusted her so implicitly that he never checked up on the ledgers or the bank reconciliations. At some point, Patterson started “borrowing” from the business and concealing her transactions by booking phony expenses. She intended to pay it back someday, but she got used to the extra cash and couldn’t stop. By the time the scam was discovered, she had drained the company of funds that it owed to many of its creditors. The company went bankrupt, Patterson did some jail time, and Helm lost everything
Requirements
List internal control procedures related to e-commerce.
In 100 words or fewer, explain why there may be a difference between the bank statement ending cash balance and the ending balance in the Cash account. Give at least two examples of adjustments to the bank balance and the book balance.
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