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Bacardi Company established a $150 petty cash fund with Eminem as the petty cash

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Question

Bacardi Company established a $150 petty cash fund with Eminem as the petty cashier. When the fund balance reached $19 cash, Eminem prepared a petty cash payment report, which follows. Receipt No 12 13 15 16 Account Charged Approved b $29 Eminem 18 Eminem 32 Eminem Received b A. Smirnoff J. Daniels C. Carlsberg J. Walker Omitted) Miscellaneous Expense Total Omitted) $120 2. Prepare general journal entries to record the establishment of the fund and the reimbursement of the fund. (Assume that management was unable to verify the account number for receipt no. 15.) Gucci Bank Reconciliation December 3 $1,900 Book balance Add Bank statement balance Add: $1,610 Deposit of December 31800 2.700 Error (Ck 6267) Proceeds of note less $30 fee 470 $90 -560- 2.170 Deduct: Checks No. 6273 $400 100 Deduct: 6282 NSF check $150 6242 200- 700- Printing fee $2,000 20 170 $2.000 Adjusted bank balance Adjusted book balance d. When the December checks are compared with entries in the accounting records, it is found that Check No. 6267 had been correctly drawn for $340 to pay for office supplies but was erroneously entered in the accounting records as $430 e. A credit memorandum indicates that the bank collected $500 cash on a note receivable for the company, deducted a $30 collection fee, and credited the balance to the company's Cash account. Gucci had not recorded this transaction before receiving the statement Two debit memoranda are enclosed with the statement and are unrecorded at the time of the reconciliation. One debit memorandum is for $150 and dealt with an NSF check for $140 received from a customer Prada Inc., in payment of its account. The bank assessed a $10 fee for processing it. The second debit memorandum is a $20 charge for check printing. Gucci had not recorded these transactions before receiving the statement f. Prepare the adjustment entries for the book from the above reconciliation

Explanation / Answer

Petty Cash Fund at the beginning = $150
Petty cash fund balance reach = $19

Total expenditure (150 – 19) = $131

And Expenditure shown $120

Cash short and over (131 – 120) = $19

Journal Entries

Date

Accounts title and explanation

Debit

Credit

-

Petty Cash

150

Cash

150

(To record establishment of funds)

Delivery expense

29

Inventory

18

Miscellaneous expense (32+41)

73

Cash short and over

11

Petty Cash

131

(to record reimbursement of funds)

Adjustment Entries in the books of GUCCI

Transaction no

Account titles and explanation

Debit

Credit

d.

Cash

90

Office supplies

90

(to rectified the error in Check 6267)

e.

Cash

470

Bank charges

30

Note receivable

500

(to record the note receivable)

f.

Accounts receivable

140

Bank charges

10

Cash

150

(to record NSF check and the bank fees)

Bank charges

20

Cash

20

(to record the printing fees charged by bank)

Date

Accounts title and explanation

Debit

Credit

-

Petty Cash

150

Cash

150

(To record establishment of funds)

Delivery expense

29

Inventory

18

Miscellaneous expense (32+41)

73

Cash short and over

11

Petty Cash

131

(to record reimbursement of funds)