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Bank reconciliation: Bank statement is prepared by bank. The company maintains its own records from its perspective. This is why the cash balance per bank and cash balance per books seldom agree. Bank reconciliation is the statement prepared by company to remove the differences and disagreement between cash balance per bank and cash balance per books.
Internal control: Internal control is a process which ensures continuous reliability of accomplishment of a company’s objectives, related to operations, financial reporting, and in conformity with laws and regulations.
Internal control principles:
- Authorizing the responsibility
- Segregation of duties
- Documenting and recording transactions
- Physical controls
- Periodic independent verification
- Human resource controls
To prepare: Bank reconciliation of Company D as at October 31, 2017.
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To state: Any three ways by which B would have tried to conceal the theft, along with the dollar amount.
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To indicate: The internal control principles violated in the given case
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- Pharoah Company is a very profitable small business. It has not, however, given much consideration to internal control. For example, in an attempt to keep clerical and office expenses to a minimum, the company has combined the jobs of cashier and bookkeeper. As a result, Bret Turrin handles all cash receipts, keeps the accounting records, and prepares the monthly bank reconciliations.The balance per the bank statement on October 31, 2022, was $20,286.00. Outstanding checks were No. 62 for $166.00, No. 183 for $178.00, No. 284 for $291.00, No. 862 for $200.00, No. 863 for $275.00, and No. 864 for $212.00. Included with the statement was a credit memorandum of $203.00 indicating the collection of a note receivable for Pharoah Company by the bank on October 25. This memorandum has not been recorded by Pharoah.The company’s ledger showed one Cash account with a balance of $23,744.00. The balance included undeposited cash on hand. Because of the lack of internal controls, Bret took for…arrow_forwardBramble Company is a very profitable small business. It has not, however, given much consideration to internal control. For example, in an attempt to keep clerical and office expenses to a minimum, the company has combined the jobs of cashier and bookkeeper. As a result, Bret Turrin handles all cash receipts, keeps the accounting records, and prepares the monthly bank reconciliations.The balance per the bank statement on October 31, 2020, was $18,620. Outstanding checks were No. 62 for $140.00, No. 183 for $187, No. 284 for $261.50, No. 862 for $211.40, No. 863 for $244.00, and No. 864 for $169.40. Included with the statement was a credit memorandum of $114.80 indicating the collection of a note receivable for Daisey Company by the bank on October 25. This memorandum has not been recorded by Daisey.The company’s ledger showed one Cash account with a balance of $21,980.00. The balance included undeposited cash on hand. Because of the lack of internal controls, Bret took for personal use…arrow_forwardDaisey Company is a very profitable small business. It has not, however given much consideration to internal control. For example, in an attempt to keep clerical and office expenses to a minimum, the company has combined the jobs of cashier and book-keeper. As a result, Bret Turrin handles all cash receipts, keeps the accounting records, and prepares the monthly bank reconciliations. The balance per the bank statement on October 31, 2020, was $18,380. Outstanding checks were No. 62 for $140.75, No. 183 for $180, No. 284 for $253.25, No. 862 for $190.71, No. 863 for $226.80, and No. 864 for $165.28. Included with the statement was a credit memorandum of $185 indicating the collection of a note receivable for Daisey Company by the bank on October 25. This memorandum has not been recorded by Daisey. The company's ledger showed one Cash account with a balance of $21,877.72. The balance included undeposited cash on hand. Because of the lack of internal controls, Bret took for personal use…arrow_forward
- Crane Company is a very profitable small business. It has not, however, given much consideration to internal control. For example, in an attempt to keep clerical and office expenses to a minimum, the company has combined the jobs of cashier and bookkeeper. As a result, Bret Turrin handles all cash receipts, keeps the accounting records, and prepares the monthly bank reconciliations. The balance per the bank statement on October 31, 2020, was $18,300. Outstanding checks were No. 62 for $160.20, No. 183 for $180, No. 284 for $255.25, No. 862 for $200.70, No. 863 for $239.00, and No. 864 for $174.90. Included with the statement was a credit memorandum of $94.60 indicating the collection of a note receivable for Daisey Company by the bank on October 25. This memorandum has not been recorded by Daisey. The company’s ledger showed one Cash account with a balance of $21,950.00. The balance included undeposited cash on hand. Because of the lack of internal controls, Bret took for personal…arrow_forwardCurrent Attempt in Progress Bramble Company is a very profitable small business. It has not, however, given much consideration to internal control. For example, in an attempt to keep clerical and office expenses to a minimum, the company has combined the jobs of cashier and bookkeeper. As a result, Bret Turrin handles all cash receipts, keeps the accounting records, and prepares the monthly bank reconciliations.The balance per the bank statement on October 31, 2020, was $17,820. Outstanding checks were No. 62 for $150.10, No. 183 for $186, No. 284 for $267.75, No. 862 for $200.70, No. 863 for $232.00, and No. 864 for $177.10. Included with the statement was a credit memorandum of $179.80 indicating the collection of a note receivable for Daisey Company by the bank on October 25. This memorandum has not been recorded by Daisey.The company’s ledger showed one Cash account with a balance of $21,870.00. The balance included undeposited cash on hand. Because of the lack…arrow_forwardThe Cash account of Reese Corporation had a balance of $3,540 at October 31, 2018. Included were outstanding checks totaling $1,800 and an October 31 deposit of $300 that did not appear on the bank statement. The bank statement, which came from Turnstone State Bank, listed an October 31 balance of $5,570. Included in the bank balance was an October 30 collection of $600 on account from a customer who pays the bank directly. The bank statement also showed a $30 service charge, $10 of interest revenue that Reese earned on its bank balance, and an NSF check for $50. Reese Corporation's bank reconciliation follows. Reese Corp. Bank Reconciliation October 31, 2018 Bank Books Balance, October 31 $5,570 Balance, October 31 $3,540 Add: Add: Deposit in transit 300 Bank collection 600 5,870 Interest revenue 10…arrow_forward
- The Cash account of Reese Corporation had a balance of $3,540 at October 31, 2018. Included were outstanding checks totaling $1,800 and an October 31 deposit of $300 that did not appear on the bank statement. The bank statement, which came from Turnstone State Bank, listed an October 31 balance of $5,570. Included in the bank balance was an October 30 collection of $600 on account from a customer who pays the bank directly. The bank statement also showed a $30 service charge, $10 of interest revenue that Reese earned on its bank balance, and an NSF check for $50. Read the requirement. Prepare a bank reconciliation to determine how much cash Reese actually had at October 31. (Indlude the balances at October 31 in each of the addition subtotal calculations.) Reese Corp. Bank Reconcillation October 31, 2018 Bank Books Balance, October 31 Balance, October 31 Add: Add: Subtotal Subtotal Less: Less: Adjusted bank balance Adjusted book balance Reese has cash of at October 31.arrow_forwardDuring the preparation of the bank reconciliation for Building Concepts Co., Joel Kimmel, the assistant controller, discovered that Lone Peak National Bank incorrectly recorded a $3,290 check written by Building Concepts Co. as $329. Joel has decided not to notify the bank but wait for the bank to detect the error. Joel plans to record the $2,961 error as Other Income if the bank fails to detect the error within the next three months. Discuss whether Joel is behaving in a professional manner.arrow_forwardHenry Mills is responsible for preparing checks, recording cash disbursements, and preparing bank reconciliations for Signet Corporation. While reconciling the October bank statement, Mills noticed that several checks totaling $9,370 had been outstanding for more than one year. Concluding that these checks would never be presented for payments, Mills prepared a check for $9,370 payable to himself, forged the treasurer’s signature, and cashed the check. Mills made no entry in the accounts for this disbursement and attempted to conceal the theft by destroying the forged check and omitting the long-outstanding checks from subsequent bank reconciliations. Required: a. Identify the weaknesses in Signet Corporation’s internal control. b. Explain several audit procedures that might disclose the fraudulent disbursement.arrow_forward
- The Cash account of ReeseCorporation had a balance of $3,540 at October 31, 2018. Included were outstanding checkstotaling $1,800 and an October 31 deposit of $300 that did not appear on the bank statement.The bank statement, which came from Turnstone State Bank, listed an October 31 balance of$5,570. Included in the bank balance was an October 30 collection of $600 on account froma customer who pays the bank directly. The bank statement also showed a $30 service charge,$10 of interest revenue that Reese earned on its bank balance, and an NSF check for $50.Prepare a bank reconciliation to determine how much cash Reese actually had at October 31.arrow_forwardHenry Mills is responsible for preparing checks, recording cash disbursements, and preparing bank reconciliations for Signet Corporation. While reconciling the October bank statement, Mills noticed that several checks totaling $937 had been outstanding for more than one year. Concluding that these checks would never be presented for payments, Mills prepared a check for $937 payable to himself, forged the treasurer’s signature, and cashed the check. Mills made no entry in the accounts for this disbursement and attempted to conceal the theft by destroying the forged check and omitting the long-outstanding checks from subsequent bank reconciliations. Required: Identify the weaknesses in Signet Corporation’s internal control. Explain several audit procedures that might disclose the fraudulent disbursement.arrow_forwardIn this exercise, you will create a bank reconciliation for Tasters Club Corp. for the month ended December 31, 2016. The reconciliation should be partly based on these figures: Bank Statement Balance (12/31/2016) equals $16,200; Notes Receivable equals $395; NSF Check equals $4,000; Bank Charges equals $550. During the month, the bank erroneously deposited a $505 check written to Pepper Products into the bank account of Tasters Club Corp. 1. Open a Blank Workbook and save the file in your Chapter 05 folder as: EA5-A2-BankRec-[YourName] 2. Enter the bank reconciliation headers in the range A1:A3; apply bold formatting. 3. Apply the Merge & Center command (from columns A–G) to each row in this range. 4. Using examples from the chapter, enter descriptions for the initial bank and book balances in appropriate locations. Type the Add: and Deduct: labels in the proper cells in rows 6 and 9. 5. Set the width of columns A and E to 24 and the width of column D to 1. 6. Enter the bank…arrow_forward
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