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Bank Reconciliation

CCarl10y ago
Good day Sir Moffat :) I have a few questions regarding bank reconciliation. What is the difference between Direct credit and credit transfer? Are they the same? How does Direct credit affect the cash account, bank account and bank reconciliation statement? How does Credit transfer affect the cash account, bank account and bank reconciliation statement? Thank you in advance. God bless :)
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor10y ago#1
I don't think you can have watched my free lectures on this, and I do suggest that you do. (The lectures are a complete free course for Paper F3 and cover everything needed to be able to pass the exam well.) A direct credit is money received directly into the bank. A credit transfer is a bank transfer and can be either a payment or a receipt - it depends on the wording in the question. As usual, receipts are debited in the cash account, and payments are credited. Again, as usual, receipts increase the bank balance (and appear as a credit on the bank statement) and payments reduce the bank balance (and appear as a debit on the statement). They only affect the bank reconciliation if they have not been recorded in the cash account, or if they have not yet appeared on the bank statement. Again, I suggest that you watch my free lectures on bank reconciliations.
CCarl10y ago#2
Thank you Sir Moffat. Have a nice day and God bless :D
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor10y ago#3
You are welcome :-)
CCarl10y ago#4
Sir what do you mean by "money received directly into the bank." Can you cite an example?
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor10y ago#5
If I want to pay you money, there are three ways I can do it: I can pay you cash (which you can then pay into your bank) or I can send you a cheque (and you then take that to your bank) or I can instruct my bank to pay money directly from my bank account to your bank account. In the last case you are then receiving money directly into your bank. (It is the most common way of paying these days. Most people in the UK receive money directly into their bank account rather than receive cash or cheque.)
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor10y ago#6
If I want to pay you money, there are three ways I can do it: I can pay you cash (which you can then pay into your bank) or I can send you a cheque (and you then take that to your bank) or I can instruct my bank to pay money directly from my bank account to your bank account. In the last case you are then receiving money directly into your bank. (It is the most common way of paying these days. Most people in the UK receive money directly into their bank account rather than receive cash or cheque.)
CCarl10y ago#7
Thank you for the examples Sir Moffat :D Have a nice day and God bless!
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor10y ago#8
You are welcome :-)
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