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Bank Reconciliation Example

XYZ Company needs to reconcile its bank statement ending balance of $300,000 with its ledger ending balance of $260,900. The reconciliation includes a $100 bank service charge, $20 of interest income, $50,000 of outstanding checks, a $20,000 deposit in transit, a $100 error on a check amount, $9,800 from a collected note receivable, and a $520 NSF check. After adjusting journal entries, the adjusted bank and book balances are $270,000.

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Bank Reconciliation Example

XYZ Company needs to reconcile its bank statement ending balance of $300,000 with its ledger ending balance of $260,900. The reconciliation includes a $100 bank service charge, $20 of interest income, $50,000 of outstanding checks, a $20,000 deposit in transit, a $100 error on a check amount, $9,800 from a collected note receivable, and a $520 NSF check. After adjusting journal entries, the adjusted bank and book balances are $270,000.

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  • Bank Reconciliation Example
  • Bank Reconciliation Statement
  • Cash Reconciliation Summary

Bank Reconciliation Example

Example

XYZ Company is closing its books and must prepare a bank reconciliation for
the following items:

 Bank statement contains an ending balance of $300,000 on February 28,


2018, whereas the company’s ledger shows an ending balance of
$260,900
 Bank statement contains a $100 service charge for operating the
account
 Bank statement contains interest income of $20
 XYZ issued checks of $50,000 that have not yet been cleared by the
bank
 XYZ deposited $20,000 but this did not appear on the bank statement
 A check for the amount of $470 issued to the office supplier was
misreported in the cash payments journal as $370.
 A note receivable of $9,800 was collected by the bank.
 A check of $520 deposited by the company has been charged back as
NSF.

  Amount Adjustment to Books

Ending Bank Balance $300,000

Deduct: Un cleared cheques – $50,000 None

Add: Deposit in transit + $20,000 None

Adjusted Bank Balance $270,000


  Amount Adjustment to Books

Ending Book Balance $260,900

Deduct: Service charge – $100 Debit expense, credit


cash

Add: Interest income + $20 Debit cash, credit


interest income

Deduct: Error on check – $100 Debit expense, credit


cash

Add: Note receivable + $9,800 Debit cash, credit notes


receivable

Deduct: NSF check – $520 Debt accounts


receivable, credit cash

Adjusted Book Balance $270,000

Bank Reconciliation Statement

After recording the journal entries for the company’s book adjustments, a
bank reconciliation statement should be produced to reflect all the changes to
cash balances for each month. This statement is used by auditors to perform
the company’s year-end auditing.

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