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Question
Explain the process of preparing bank reconciliation statement with amended cash balance
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Solution
There may be differences in cashbook and passbook due to various reasons.
Following are the steps used to ascertain correct cash book balance:
1. Determine the balance as per cashbook and passbook.
2. Check the debits of the passbook with the credits of the cashbook and vice versa.
3. Errors and discrepancies if any shall be duly rectified.
4. Sum down the cashbook and determine the balancing figure which will help the determination of the Bank Reconcillation Statement
The Former of Bank Reconciliation with amended cash balance is as follows:
| Particulars | Amount | Amount |
| Balance as per Cashbook | xxx | |
| Add: | ||
| Cheque issued but not presented for payment | xxx | xxx |
| Less: | ||
| Cheque deposited but not collected | xxx | |
| Bank Charges debited by Bank | xxx | xxx |
| Balance as per Passbook | xxx |
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Select the most appropriate alternative from those given and rewrite the following statement:
Debiting an entry in Cash Book ___________ cash balance.
From the following particulars prepare a bank reconciliation statement of Jayakumar as on 31st December, 2016.
- Balance as per cash book ₹ 7,130
- Cheque deposited but not cleared ₹ 1,000
- A customer has deposited ₹ 800 into the bank directly.
From the following particulars of Raheem traders, prepare a bank reconciliation statement as on 31st March, 2018.
- Overdraft as per cash book ₹ 2,500. On the same day the balance as per bank statement is ₹ 1,99,000.
- Interest on debentures of ₹ 700 was received by the bank directly.
- Amount received by bank through RTGS amounting to ₹ 2,00,000, omitted in the cash book.
- Two cheques issued for ₹ 1,800 and ₹ 2,000 on 29th March 2018. Only the second cheque is presented for payment.
- Insurance premium on car for ₹ 1,000 paid by the bank as per standing instruction not recorded in the cash book.
Enumerate the steps to ascertain the correct cash book balance
What is a bank reconciliation statement? Why is it prepared?
On March 31 2017 the cash book showed a balance of ₹ 3,700 as cash at bank, but the bank passbook made up to same date showed that cheques for ₹ 700, ₹ 300 and ₹ 180 respectively had not presented for payment, Also, cheque amounting to ₹ 1,200 deposited into the account had not been credited. Prepare a bank reconciliation statement
The cash book shows a bank balance of ₹ 7,800. On comparing the cash book with passbook the following discrepancies were noted:
- Cheque deposited in bank but not credited ₹ 3,000.
- Cheque issued but not yet present for payment ₹ 1,500.
- Insurance premium paid by the bank ₹ 2,000.
- Bank interest credit by the bank ₹ 400.
- Bank charges ₹ 100.
- Directly deposited by a customer ₹ 4,000.
On comparing the cash book with passbook of Naman it is found that on March 31, 2014, bank balance of ₹ 40,960 showed by the cash book differs from the bank balance with regard to the following:
(a) Bank charges ₹ 100 on March 31, 2017, are not entered in the cash book.
(b) On March 21, 2017, a debtor paid ₹ 2,000 into the company’s bank in settlement of his account, but no entry was made in the cash book of the company in respect of this.
(c) Cheques totaling ₹ 12,980 were issued by the company and duly recorded in the cash book before March 31, 2017, but had not been presented at the bank for payment until after that date.
(d) A bill for ₹ 6,900 discounted with the bank is entered in the cash book with recording the discount charge of ₹ 800.
(e) ₹ 3,520 is entered in the cash book as paid into bank on March 31st, 2017, but not credited by the bank until the following day.
(f) No entry has been made in the cash book to record the dishonor on March 15, 2017 of a cheque for ₹ 650 received from Bhanu.
Prepare a reconciliation statement as on March 31, 2017.
Prepare bank reconciliation statement as on December 31, 2017. This day the passbook of Mr. Himanshu showed a balance of ₹ 7,000.
- Cheques of ₹ 1,000 directly deposited by a customer.
- The bank has credited Mr. Himanshu for ₹ 700 as interest.
- Cheques for ₹ 3,000 were issued during the month of
December but of these cheques for ₹ 1,000 were not presented during the month of December.
The passbook of Mr. Mohit current account showed a credit Balance of ₹ 20,000 on dated December 31, 2016. Prepare a Bank Reconciliation Statement with the following information.
(i) A cheque of ₹ 400 drawn on his saving account has been shown on current account.
(ii) He issued two cheques of ₹ 300 and ₹ 500 on of December 25, but only the 1st cheque was presented for payment.
(iii) One cheque issued by Mr. Mohit of ₹ 500 on December 25, but it was not presented for payment whereas it was recorded twice in the cash book.
On 1st January 2017, Rakesh had an overdraft of ₹ 8,000 as showed by his cash book. Cheques amounting to ₹ 2,000 had been paid in by him but were not collected by the bank by January 01, 2017. He issued cheques of ₹ 800 which were not presented to the bank for payment up to that day. There was a debit in his passbook of ₹ 60 for interest and ₹ 100 for bank charges.
Prepare bank reconciliation statement for comparing both the balance.
Kumar find that the bank balance shown by his cash book on December 31, 2017 is ₹ 90,600 (Credit) but the passbook shows a difference due to the following reason:
A cheque (post-dated) for ₹ 1,000 has been debited in the bank column of the cash book but not presented for payment. Also, a cheque for ₹ 8,000 drawn in favour of Manohar has not yet been presented for payment. Cheques totaling ₹ 1,500 deposited in the bank have not yet been collected and cheque for ₹ 5,000 has been dishonored
On December 31, 2017, the cash book of Mittal Bros showed an overdraft of ₹ 6,920. From the following particulars prepare a Bank Reconciliation Statement and ascertain the balance as per passbook.
- Debited by bank for ₹ 200 on account of interest on overdraft and ₹ 50 on account of charges for collecting bills.
- Cheques drawn but not encashed before December, 31 2017 for ₹ 4,000.
- The bank has collected interest and has credited ₹ 600 in passbook.
- A bill receivable for ₹ 700 previously discounted with the bank had been dishonoured and debited in the passbook.
- Cheques paid into bank but not collected and credited before December 31, 2017 amounted ₹ 6,000.
Prepare bank reconciliation statement of Shri Bhandari as on March 31, 2017.
- The payment of a cheque for ₹ 550 was recorded twice in the passbook.
- Withdrawal column of the passbook undercast by ₹ 200.
- A cheque of ₹ 200 has been debited in the bank column of the Cash Book but it was not sent to bank at all.
- A cheque of ₹ 300 debited to bank column of the cash book was not sent to the bank.
- ₹ 500 in respect of dishonoured cheque were entered in the passbook but not in the cash book. Overdraft as per passbook is ₹ 20,000.
Overdraft shown by the passbook of Mr. Murli is ₹ 20,000. Prepare bank reconciliation statement on dated March 31, 2017.
(i) Bank charges debited as per passbook ₹ 500.
(ii) Cheques recorded in the cash book but not sent to the bank for collection ₹ 2,500.
(iii) Received a payment directly from customer ₹ 4,600.
(iv) Cheque issued but not presented for payment ₹ 6,980.
(v) Interest credited by the bank ₹ 100.
(vi) LIC paid by bank ₹ 2,500.
(vii) Cheques deposited with the bank but not collected ₹ 3,500.
Prepare a bank reconciliation statement from the following particulars and show the balance as per cash book.
(i) Balance as per passbook on March 31, 2017 overdrawn ₹ 20,000.
(ii) Interest on bank overdraft not entered in the cash book ₹ 2,000.
(iii) ₹ 200 insurance premium paid by bank has not been entered in the cash book.
(iv) Cheques drawn in the last week of March, 2017, but not cleared till date for ₹ 3,000 and ₹ 3,500.
(v) Cheques deposited into bank on February, 2017, but yet to be credited on dated March 31, 2017 ₹ 6,000.
(vi) Wrongly debited by bank ₹ 500.
Correct and rewrite the following statement:
When extracts are given for common period only common items are to be considered.
From the following particulars, prepare a bank reconciliation statement as at March 31, 2017.
- Balance as per cash book ₹ 3,200
- Cheque issued but not presented for payment ₹ 1,800
- Cheque deposited but not collected upto March 31, 2014 ₹ 2,000
- Bank charges debited by bank ₹ 150
From the following particulars, prepare the Bank Reconciliation Statement as of 30th June 2019.
- Credit balance as per Pass Book ₹ 20,000.
- A cheque for ₹ 3,500 was issued and paid by the bank, recorded in the Pass Book as ₹ 5,300.
- The cheque deposited ₹ 9,700 collected by the bank was not recorded in the Cash Book.
- The payment side of the Cash Book was undercast by ₹ 100.
- The electricity bill paid by the bank ₹ 6,200, was recorded twice in the Pass Book.
From the following particulars, prepare a bank reconciliation statement as at March 31, 2017.
- Balance as per cash book ₹ 3,200
- Cheque issued but not presented for payment ₹ 1,800
- Cheque deposited but not collected upto March 31, 2014 ₹ 2,000
- Bank charges debited by bank ₹ 150
From the following particulars, prepare a bank reconciliation statement as at March 31, 2017.
- Balance as per cash book ₹ 3,200 .
- Cheque issued but not presented for payment ₹ 1,800.
- Cheque deposited but not collected upto March 31, 2014 ₹ 2,000.
- Bank charges debited by bank ₹ 150.
From the following particulars, prepare a bank reconciliation statement as at March 31, 2017.
- Balance as per cash book ₹ 3,200.
- Cheque issued but not presented for payment ₹ 1,800.
- Cheque deposited but not collected upto March 31, 2014 ₹ 2,000.
- Bank charges debited by bank ₹ 150.
From the following particulars, prepare a bank reconciliation statement as at March 31, 2017.
- Balance as per cash book ₹ 3,200.
- Cheque issued but not presented for payment ₹ 1,800.
- Cheque deposited but not collected upto March 31, 2014 ₹ 2,000.
- Bank charges debited by bank ₹ 150.
From the following particulars prepare Bank Reconciliation Statement as on 30th June 2019.
- Credit balance as per Pass Book ₹20,000.
- A cheque for ₹ 3,500 was issued and paid by bank, recorded in Pass Book as ₹ 5,300.
- Cheque deposited ₹ 9,700 collected by bank was not recorded in Cash Book.
- Payment side of Cash Book was undercast by ₹100.
- Electricity bill paid by bank ₹ 6,200 was recorded twice in Pass Book.
From the following particulars, prepare a bank reconciliation statement as at March 31, 2017.
- Balance as per cash book ₹ 3,200.
- Cheque issued but not presented for payment ₹ 1,800.
- Cheque deposited but not collected upto March 31, 2014 ₹ 2,000.
- Bank charges debited by bank ₹ 150.
