Question

Problem 7-3A Petty cash fund reimbursement and analysis of errors LO4

Capital Irrigation has only a General Journal in its accounting system and uses it to record all transactions. However, the company recently set up a petty cash fund to facilitate payments of small items. The following petty cash transactions were noted by the petty cashier as occurring during April 2020:

Apr.	1	Received a company cheque for $230 to establish the petty cash fund.
	15	Received a company cheque to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since April 1 and to increase the fund to $300.
		a. Paid $61 for janitorial service.
		b. Purchased office supplies for $65.
		c. Purchased postage stamps for $19.
		d. Paid $71 to The County Crier for an advertisement in the newspaper.
		e. Discovered that $18 remained in the petty cash box.
	30	The petty cashier noted that $184 remained in the fund and decided that the April 15 increase in the fund was too large. Therefore, a company cheque was issued to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since April 15 and to reduce the fund to $260.
		f. Purchased office supplies for $70.
		g. Reimbursed office manager for business auto, $34.
		h. Paid $12 courier charges to deliver merchandise to a customer.

Prepare journal entries to record the establishment of the fund on April 1 and its replenishments on April 15 and April 30.

Answer 1

Apr-01	Petty Cash	230
	Cash		230
Apr-15	Petty Cash	70
	Cash		70
	Janitorial Service	61
	office Supplies	65
	Postage Stamps	19
	Advertisement	71
	Cash		216
Apr-30	office Supplies	70
	Reimbursement to office manager	34
	Courier charges	12
	Cash		116
	Cash	40
	Petty Cash		40