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Safe Systems most recently reconciled its bank balance on April 30 and reported two checks...

Safe Systems most recently reconciled its bank balance on April 30 and reported two checks outstanding at that time, No. 1771 for $781 and No. 1780 for $1,325.90. The following information is available for its May 31, 2011, reconciliation.

From the May 31 Bank Statement

PREVIOUS BALANCE

TOTAL CHECKS AND DEBITS

TOTAL DEPOSITS AND CREDITS

CURRENT BALANCE

18,290.70

12,898.90

16,416.80

21,808.60

CHECKS AND DEBITS

DEPOSITS AND CREDITS

DAILY BALANCE

Date

No.

Amount

Date

Amount

Date

Amount

05/01

1771

781.00

05/04

2,438.00

04/30

18,290.70

05/02

1783

195.30

05/14

2,898.00

05/01

17,509.70

05/04

1782

1,285.50

05/22

1,801.80

05/02

17,314.40

05/11

1784

1,449.60

05/25

7,200.00 CM

05/04

18,466.90

05/18

 

431.80 NSF

05/26

2,079.00

05/11

17,017.30

05/25

1787

8,032.50

 

05/14

19,915.30

05/26

1785

157.20

05/18

19,483.50

05/29

1788

554.00

05/22

21,285.30

05/31

 

12.00 SC

05/25

20,452.80

 

05/26

22,374.60

05/29

21,820.60

05/31

21,808.60

From Safe Systems’ Accounting Records

Cash Receipts Deposited

Date

 

Cash

Debit

 

May

4

 

2,438.00

 

14

 

2,898.00

 

22

 

1,801.80

 

26

 

2,079.00

 

31

 

2,526.30

 

 

 

11,743.10

Cash Disbursements

Check No.

 

Cash

Credit

 

1782

 

1,285.50

1783

 

195.30

1784

 

1,449.60

1785

 

157.20

1786

 

353.10

1787

 

8,032.50

1788

 

544.00

1789

 

639.50

 

 

12,656.70

Cash

Acct. No. 101

Date

Explanation

PR

Debit

Credit

Balance

Apr. May

30

31  31

Balance

Total receipts Total disbursements

 

R7

D8

 

11,743.10

 

 

12,656.70

16,183.80 27,926.90 15,270.20

Additional Information

Check No. 1788 is correctly drawn for $554 to pay for May utilities; however, the recordkeeper misread the amount and entered it in the accounting records with a debit to Utilities Expense and a credit to Cash for $544. The bank paid and deducted the correct amount. The NSF check shown in the statement was originally received from a customer, S. Bax, in payment of her account. The company has not yet recorded its return. The credit memorandum is from a $7,300 note that the bank collected for the company. The bank deducted a $100 collection fee and deposited the remainder in the company’s account. The collection and fee have not yet been recorded.

Required

1. Prepare the May 31, 2011, bank reconciliation for Safe Systems.


2. Prepare the journal entries to adjust the book balance of cash to the reconciled balance.


Analysis Component

3. The bank statement reveals that some of the prenumbered checks in the sequence are missing. Describe three possible situations to explain this.

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