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PFPeer Far6y ago
Jonas is preparing his bank reconciliation. The balance on the bank statement is $653 debit. There are uncleared lodgements of $268 and unpresented cheques of $613. The bank has also credited his account with $25 in error. What is the cash book balance? $653 Cr $1,023 Cr $998 Dr $283 Dr Correct Answer $1,023 Cr however i did not get any answer given from the mcq. what i did was less $ 263 and add $ 613 and less $ 25 because its overdraft dr.
PFPeer Far6y ago#1
*$268
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor6y ago#2
Because the bank statement has a debit balance, it means that they are showing an overdraft. Therefore you need to add the unpresented cheques, subtract the uncleared lodgements, and add the $25. This gives an overdraft of 1,023, which will therefore be a credit balance in the cash account.
PFPeer Far6y ago#3
Shouldn't I less the bank error because it was credited
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor6y ago#4
If the bank statement is credited it means cash is received into the bank. If cash is received into the bank then the overdraft will be lower. However the question says that it was credited in error and so they should not have credited and reduced the overdraft. Therefore to correct it we need to increase the overdraft.
PFPeer Far6y ago#5
Yes I understand thx
John MoffatJohn MoffatTutor6y ago#6
You are welcome :-)
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