Financial Accounting
Financial Accounting
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ISBN: 9781305088436
Author: Carl Warren, Jim Reeve, Jonathan Duchac
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 8, Problem 24E

a.

To determine

Prepare a journal entry to create the petty cash fund.

b.

To determine

Prepare journal entry to record petty cash fund replenishment.

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Journalize the entries to record the following: Check No. 245-13 is issued to establish a petty cash fund of $600. The amount of cash in the petty cash fund is now $198. Check No. 271-13 is issued to replenish the fund, based on the following summary of petty cash receipts: office supplies, $233; miscellaneous selling expense, $96; miscellaneous administrative expense, $60. a.  Journalize the entry to establish the petty cash fund.   Petty Cash  fill in the blank 1cd8ceff2fd201b_2     Cash    fill in the blank 1cd8ceff2fd201b_4   Feedback   a. Recall that the only time Petty Cash is used is when the fund is initially established or increased. Learning Objective 6. b.  Journalize the entry to replenish the petty cash fund. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.   Office Supplies  fill in the blank bd88c5f6e066fba_2 fill in the blank bd88c5f6e066fba_3   Miscellaneous Selling Expense  fill in the…
Journalize the entries to record the following: Check is issued to establish a petty cash fund of $1,500. The amount of cash in the petty cash fund is now $540. Check is issued to replenish the fund, based on the following summary of petty cash receipts: office supplies, $557; miscellaneous selling expense, $230; miscellaneous administrative expense, $144. (Because the amount of the check to replenish the fund plus the balance in the fund do not equal $1,500, record the discrepancy in the cash short and over account.) a.  Journalize the entry to establish the petty cash fund.                 b.  Journalize the entry to replenish the petty cash fund. For a compound transaction, if an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.
If a petty cash fund is established in the amount of $348 and contains $200 in cash and $134 in receipts for disbursements when it is replenished, the journal entry to recorn replenishment should include credits to the following accounts: a.) Cash, $134; Cash Over and Short, $14. b.) Petty Cash, $148. c.) Petty Cash, $100. d.) Cash, $148.

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