Which of the following items will not require a journal entry to the companys books?

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  • 1. Checks that have been written by a company but have not yet been charged to the company's checking account are referred to as checks.
  • 2. A company's receipts from September 30 that get deposited to the company's bank account on October 1st are referred to as deposits as of September 30.
  • 3. A general guide for reconciling the bank statement is "Put the item where it ".
  • For items 4-15, select the action necessary to reconcile the bank statement.
  • 4.

    Outstanding checks.

  • 5.

    Bank service charge.

  • 6.

    Interest credited to bank account.

  • 7.

    Interest charged to bank account.

  • 8.

    Deposit in transit.

  • 9.

    Bank inadvertently charged your bank account for another company's bank fees.

  • 10.

    Bank erred by posting another company's credit memo to your company's bank account.

  • 11.

    Fee charged by bank for returned check.

  • 12.

    A company wrote a check for $76 and it cleared the bank for $76. However, the company recorded the check in its Cash account as $67. How is the difference of $9 handled on the bank reconciliation?

  • 13.

    A company had a receipt of $989 and correctly prepared its bank deposit slip for $989. However, the company recorded the receipt in its Cash account as $998. How is the difference of $9 handled on the bank reconciliation?

  • 14.

    The bank collected a Note Receivable for the company and credited the company's bank account for $1,000.

  • 15.

    A company deposited a check from a customer into its checking account. A few days later the check was returned with the notation "Account Closed" and the bank deducted the amount on the bank statement.

  • 16. A company's Cash account has a balance of $851 as of October 31. The bank statement for this account reports a balance of $1,430 as of October 31. There are outstanding checks totaling $840 and a deposit in transit of $60. The bank statement shows interest earned of $19, service charges of $30, a customer's returned check of $100, and a check printing fee of $90. The reconciled Cash balance that should be reported on the company’s balance sheet as of October 31 is $

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    Which of the following items will not require a journal entry to the companys books?

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  • 17.

    Which of the following items will require a journal entry to the company's books?

  • 18.

    Which of the following will NOT require a journal entry to the company's books?

  • 19.

    A company recorded its check #2754 in its accounting records as $98. However, check #2754 was actually written for $89 and it cleared the bank as $89. What adjustment is needed to the Cash balance per books?

  • 20.

    A company recorded its August 15 receipts on its books as $165. However, the receipts were actually $156. The deposit slip for the bank was prepared correctly as $156. What adjustment is needed to the Cash balance per books?

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    Journal Entries for Bank Reconciliation

    The items on the bank reconciliation that require a journal entry are the items noted as adjustments to books. These are the items that appear on the bank statement, but are not yet recorded in the company's general ledger accounts.

    Examples of Journal Entries for Bank Reconciliation

    Examples of items requiring a journal entry as the result of the bank reconciliation include:

    • Bank service charges which are often shown on the last day of the bank statement. Since the service charge is on the bank statement, but not yet on the company's books, a journal entry is needed to credit Cash and to debit an expense such as Bank Charges or Miscellaneous Expense.
    • Check printing charges
    • Customer checks that were deposited but are now returned as NSF (not sufficient funds)
    • Bank fees for returned checks
    • Corrections made by the bank for the company's errors in its deposits
    • Collections made by the bank of the company's notes receivable
    • Interest earned on bank accounts
    • Miscellaneous bank fees
    • Loan payments
    • Electronic deposits and withdrawals

    What information will not require a journal entry to the company books?

    There is no journal entry needed for outstanding checks. Outstanding checks are checks already recorded on the company's books, but they have not yet appeared on the bank statement. The fee for the NSF check will require a journal entry to the company's books.

    Which items will require a journal entry to the company's books?

    The items on the bank reconciliation that require a journal entry are the items noted as adjustments to books. These are the items that appear on the bank statement, but are not yet recorded in the company's general ledger accounts.

    Which entries are not recorded in journal entries?

    The transaction which are not recorded in subsidiary journal are recorded in residuary journal. Credit sale is recorded in sales journal. Was this answer helpful?

    What requires a journal entry?

    Journal entries are required in a bank reconciliation when there are adjustments to the balance per books. These adjustments result from items appearing on the bank statement that have not been recorded in the company's general ledger accounts.