Chapter 7, Problem 7.24EX

Requirement A:

To determine

Petty cash fund: Petty cash fund is a fund established to pay insignificant amounts like postage, office supplies, and lunches. In day-to-day life, it becomes difficult to use checks for daily expenses. Therefore, companies maintain some minimum amount of funds in the hand for such daily expenses. These funds are called as petty cash funds. These funds are managed by custodian. This system is otherwise called as imprest system.

To prepare: A journal entry to create the petty cash fund.

Date	Accounts and Explanation			Post Ref	Debit ($)	Credit ($)
	Petty Cash (A+)				750
		Cash (A–)				750
			(To record the creation of petty cash fund.)

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Requirement B:

To determine

To prepare: Journal entry to record petty cash fund replenishment.