FINANCIAL ACCT.FUND.(LOOSELEAF)
FINANCIAL ACCT.FUND.(LOOSELEAF)
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Chapter 6, Problem 2PSA
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Petty cash system:

Petty cash system is a system which is used for making payments for small day to day expenses. It facilitates ease to deal with small cash disbursements.

Journal Entry:

It means record of financial data related to business transactions in a journal in a manner so that debit equals credit. It provides an audit trail to the auditor and a means to analyze the effects of transactions to an organization’s financial health.

Rules of Journal Entry:

The rules for journal entry are defined by 5 accounting components,

  • Assets: Increase in asset should be debit and decrease should be credit.
  • Liabilities: Increase in liabilities should be credit and decrease should be debit.
  • Equity: Increase in Equity should be credit and decrease should be debit.
  • Expense: Increase in expense should be debit and decrease should be credit.
  • Revenue: Increase in revenue should be credit and decrease should be debit.

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To prepare: Journal entries in the books of K Company during the month of May.

2.

To determine

To explain: Affect on financial statements of non replenished petty cash fund and lack of journal entry on May 31.

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28 Lewis Co. set up a petty cash fund for payments of small amounts. The following transactions involving the petty cash fund occurred in May. May 1 Prepared a company check for $550 to establish the petty cash fund. May 15 Prepared a company check to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since May 1. a. Paid $190 for janitorial services. b. Paid $142 for miscellaneous expenses. c. Paid postage expenses of $95. d. Paid $47 to Facebook for advertising expense. e. Counted $87 remaining in the petty cash box. May 16 Prepared a company check for $250 to increase the fund to $800. May 31 The petty cashier reports that $320 cash remains in the fund. A company check is drawn to replenish the fund for the following expenditures made since May 15. f. Paid postage expenses of $280. g. Reimbursed the office manager for business mileage, $140. h. Paid $46 to deliver merchandise to a customer, terms FOB destination. May 31 The company decides that the May 16 increase in the fund…
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