Identify Each of the Following Reconciling Items as

question 73

Essay

Identify each of the following reconciling items as
(a) an addition to the cash balance according to the bank statement,
(b) a deduction from the cash balance according to the bank statement,
(c) an addition to the cash balance according to the company's records, or
(d) a deduction from the cash balance according to the company's records. Assume that none of the transactions reported by bank debit and credit memos have been recorded by the company. Write "entry" by items that will require a journal entry in the company's accounts.
1.Deposits in transit.
2.Bank service charges.
3.NSF check.
4.Outstanding checks.
5.Check for $690 incorrectly recorded by the company as $960.
6.Check for $420 incorrectly recorded by the company as $240.

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Definitions:

Content Effect

Performance variability on reasoning tasks that require identical kinds of formal reasoning but are dissimilar in superficial content.

MAUT

Multi-Attribute Utility Theory, a framework used in decision making to evaluate and compare choices based on multiple criteria.

Inductive Reasoning

A reasoning method where several assumptions, considered true or mostly true, are fused together to derive a particular outcome.

Deductive Reasoning

A logical process in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the stated premises; it is inference where true premises develop a true conclusion.