Perform a bank reconciliation. a) Reconcile Jack Steel’s month end cash balance as of 31 Jul 2019  b) Based on your analysis, propose adjusting entries (if any).  Transactions and balances: • 31 Jul 2019 Bank Statement balance $ 58,791 • 31 Jul 2019 balance per Jack’s records $ 57,371 • Jack received a payment that he has not deposited $ 250 • Jack issued a cheque payable to Pandora’s Jewels to pay for a belated Mother’s Day gift to his grandmother that has not been presented to the bank $ 1,612 • Bank charges for the month of July were $40 • Interest on bank balance credited to Jack’s account $ 98

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Perform a bank reconciliation.
a) Reconcile Jack Steel’s month end cash balance as of 31 Jul 2019 
b) Based on your analysis, propose adjusting entries (if any). 
Transactions and balances:
• 31 Jul 2019 Bank Statement balance $ 58,791
• 31 Jul 2019 balance per Jack’s records $ 57,371
• Jack received a payment that he has not deposited $ 250
• Jack issued a cheque payable to Pandora’s Jewels to pay for a belated Mother’s Day gift to his grandmother that has not been presented to the bank $ 1,612
• Bank charges for the month of July were $40
• Interest on bank balance credited to Jack’s account $ 98

 

 

Peakhurst Limited had the following trial balance at 1 January 2016: Debit $

Credit $

Cash

200 000

Accounts receivable

600 000

Inventory

700 000

Prepaid insurance

60 000

Prepaid rent

50 000

Equipment

1 000 000

Allowance for doubtful debt

20 000

Accumulated depreciation

200 000

Accounts payable

500 000

Revenue received in advance

100 000

Income tax payable

500 000

Loan

570 000

Share capital

400 000

Retained profits

320 000

2 610 000

2 610 000

 

You are given the following additional information for the year ended 31 December 2016:

  1. a) Bad debts of $8000 were written off.

 

  1. b) It was decided that allowance for doubtful debts should be 4 per cent of accounts receivable.

Required:

1) Prepare journal entries for these transactions.

2) Show the T-ledger accounts for the following for the year ended 31 December 2016:

  1. a) accounts receivable
  2. b) allowance for doubtful debts
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