FA – L1 – Q58 – Bank reconciliations

While reconciling the bank statement with the cash/bank book of Accra & Sons for the year ended December 31, 20X9, you noted the following:

(i) Balance as per bank statement at December 31, 20X9, overdrawn: GH¢806,436
(ii) Cheques drawn but not presented till December 31, 20X9: GH¢377,784
(iii) Mark-up on overdraft charged by the bank on January 2, 20Y0 was recorded in the cash/bank book on December 31, 20X9: GH¢118,686
(iv) Collections made on December 30 and 31, 20X9 were not lodged with the bank till January 3, 20Y0: GH¢250,600
(v) A bill which was due on December 29, 20X9 was sent to the bank for collection on December 28, 20X9, and entered in the cash/bank book. However, the proceeds were credited by the bank on January 1, 20Y0: GH¢196,500
(vi) Subscription for a magazine was paid by the bank, as per the auto-debit instructions, on December 1, 20X9. This transaction has not been recorded in the cash/bank book so far: GH¢3,144
(vii) A time-barred cheque was replaced with a new cheque on December 30, 20X9 and entered in the cash/bank book without the previous cheque being cancelled / reversed. Both the cheques are included in (ii) above: GH¢5,000
(viii) A cheque received on December 21 was erroneously recorded on the credit side of the cash/bank book: GH¢7,500
(ix) A cheque issued to a supplier was time-barred as of January 2, 20Y0: GH¢13,200
(x) A cheque issued by the company has been entered in the credit column of the bank statement: GH¢13,200

Required:
Prepare a bank reconciliation statement as at December 31, 20X9 and identify the amount to be carried to the statement of financial position as “cash at bank”.

Accra & Sons
Bank reconciliation statement as at 31st December 20X9

Cash book corrections – (increase)/decrease in overdraft:

Description GH¢
Bank balance as per cash book (overdraft) (before above adjustments/corrections – balancing figure) (781,562)
Bank mark-up wrongly entered in cash book 118,686
1st time-barred cheque reversed 5,000
Error in recording of cheque (125,000 – 12,500) 112,500
Subscription to magazines now entered (3,144)
Cheque received wrongly entered in bank book (7,500 + 7,500) 15,000
Adjusted balance per bank / cash book (overdraft) to be carried to statement of financial position (from below) (553,520)

Balance overdrawn as per bank statement

Description GH¢
Balance overdrawn as per bank statement (806,436)
(Increase)/decrease in overdraft
Cheques drawn not presented (377,784 – 5,000) 372,784
Cheque issued wrongly credited in bank statement (13,200 + 13,200) 26,400
Collection received not banked (250,600)
Bill not credited (196,500)
Bank statement balance as adjusted (553,520)