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Bank reconciliation—compute Cash account balance and bank statement balance before reconci...

Bank reconciliation—compute Cash account balance and bank statement balance before reconciling items Beckett Co. received its bank statement for the month ending June 30, 2010, and reconciled the statement balance to the June 2010, balance in the Cash account. The reconciled balance was determined to be $4,800. The reconciliation recognized the following items:

1. Deposits in transit were $2,100.


2. Outstanding checks totaled $3,000.


3. Bank service charges shown as a deduction on the bank statement were $50.


4. An NSF check from a customer for $400 was included with the bank statement. The firm had not been previously notified that the check had been returned NSF.


5. Included in the canceled checks was a check actually written for $890. However, it had been recorded as a disbursement of $980.

Required:

a. What was the balance in Beckett Co.’s Cash account before recognizing any of the preceding reconciling items?


b. What was the balance shown on the bank statement before recognizing any of the preceding reconciling items?

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