Handout - Cash
Handout - Cash
Handout - Cash
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Fundamentals of Accounting I
Cash and Cash Equivalents
I. THEORIES.
A. Multiple Choices. Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Which of the following shall not be considered cash for financial reporting purposes?
A. Petty cash fund and change funds
B. Money orders, certified checks and personal checks
C. Coins, currencies and available funds
D. IOUs
3. A cash equivalent is a short-term, highly liquid investment that is readily convertible into known
amount of cash and
A. Is acceptable as a means to pay current liabilities
B. Has a current market value that is greater than its original cost.
C. Bears an interest rate that is at least equal to the prime rate of interest at the date of
liquidation.
D. Is so near its maturity that it presents insignificant risk of change in interest rate.
4. Which of the following statements is incorrect concerning measurement of cash and cash
equivalents?
A. Cash is measured at face value
B. Cash in foreign currency is measured at current exchange rate
C. If a bank or financial institution holding the funds of the entity is in bankruptcy or financial
difficulty, cash shall be written down to estimated realizable value.
D. Cash equivalents shall be measured at maturity value.
5. If material, deposits in foreign bank which are subject to foreign exchange restriction shall be
classified
A. Separately as current asset, with appropriate disclosure.
B. Separately as noncurrent asset with appropriate disclosure.
C. Be written off as an extraordinary loss
D. As part of cash and cash equivalents.
6. A compensating balance
A. Must be included in cash and cash equivalent.
B. Which is legally restricted and related to a long term loan is classified as current asset.
C. Which is legally restricted and related to a short-term loan is classified separately as current
asset
D. Which is not legally restricted as to withdrawal is classified separately as current asset.
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D. Equity
12. At the end of the current year, an entity had various checks and papers in its safe. Which item
should not be included in its cash account in the current year-end statement of financial position?
A. US $ 15,500 cash
B. Past due promissory note issued in favor of the entity by its president
C. Another entity’s P 160,000 check payable to the entity dated Dec. 15 of the current year
D. The entity’s undelivered check payable to a supplier dated Dec. 31 of the current year.
14. Which of the following must be deducted from the bank statement balance in preparing a bank
reconciliation which ends with adjusted cash balance?
A. Deposits in transit
B. Outstanding checks
C. Reduction of loan charged to the account of the depositor
D. Certified check
18. Unadjusted book balance of cash is less than the correct cash balance of cash due to the
following except
a. Proceeds of note collected by the bank
b. A customer’s check for P540 was recorded by the depositor in the cash receipts book as
P450
c. A check issued to a supplier on account for P760 was recorded in the cash disbursements
book as P670
d. Interest earned
19. Unadjusted bank balance of cash is more than the correct cash balance of cash due to the
following except?
a. Deposit in transit
b. Outstanding checks
c. Erroneous bank credit
d. A customer’s deposit for P450 was recorded by the bank as P540
20. Seldom does the book balance of cash is in agreement with the bank balance of cash due to any
of the following except
a. Deposit in transit
b. Outstanding checks
c. Bank charges and credits recognized by the bank during the month
d. Bank secrecy requirements
21. The person responsible, at all times, for the amount of the petty cash fund is the
A. Chairman of the Board of Directors
B. President of the company
C. Petty cash custodian
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D. General cashier
22. The following are appropriate procedures for controlling the petty cash fund, except
A. To monitor variations in different types of expenditures, the petty cash custodian files petty
cash vouchers by category of expenditure after replenishing the fund
B. To replenish the fund, the general cashier issues a company check to the petty cash
custodian, rather than cash.
C. To determine that the fund is being accounted for satisfactorily, surprise counts of the fund
are made from time to time by the internal auditor or other responsible official.
D. Each individual to whom petty cash is paid is required to present signed receipts to the petty
cash custodian
24. What is the effect of not replenishing the petty cash at year-end and not making the appropriate
adjusting entry?
A. A detailed audit is essential
B. The petty cash custodian should turn over the petty cash to the general cashier
C. Cash will be overstated and expenses understated
D. Expenses will be overstated and cash will be understated
A. Your audit of the December 31, 2013, financial statements of Steel Corp. reveals the following:
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1. What amount should be reported as cash and cash equivalents in the Dec. 31,2013
statement of financial position?
B. The cash account in the current asset section of the balance sheet for AA Co. showed a balance
of P555,000. It was found to include the following items:
C. The chief accountant of Clock Dairy’s Co. is determining the amount of cash and cash equivalents
to be reported on its December 31, 2013 statement of financial position. She found out that the
Cash and Cash Equivalents balance in the general ledger was composed of the following items.
Saving account of P900,000 and a commercial checking account with balance of P1,400,000 are
held at Chinabank.
Petty cash fund of P15,000; composed of expense receipts of P5,000; and bills and coins of
P9,850 at Dec. 31.
Cash fund in savings account with BPI, P1,500,000 held for retirement of bonds payable, due
Dec. 31, 2020.
Money market fund account held at BDO which permits Clock Dairy to write checks on this
balance, P2,000,000
Three certificates of deposit with Metrobank, each totaling P1,000,000, two of which have
maturity of 120 days from date of placement (November 30, 2013); one has a maturity of 90
days (placed on Dec. 29, 2013).
Payroll fund maintained with BDO, P6,000,000.
A customer’s check on hand dated January 10, 2014 for P320,000. The check was recorded as
collected in December and was included in the savings account with Chinabank.
A check for P300,000 was issued to a supplier on December 29, 2013 and drawn from Chinabank
account. The check was dated Jan. 8, 2014 and was traced to have been entered in the Dec.
check register.
Clock Dairy maintains a P5,000,000 cash balance at all time at Allied Bank to ensure future credit
availability.
A check for P50,000 for adjustment in salaries of an employee for the month of November was
still on hand at Dec. 31, 2013. The check was verified to have been recorded in the cash
disbursement journal in December.
3. Compute for the amount of cash and cash equivalents to be reported on December
31, 2013 statement of financial position.
D. Mars Company’s checkbook balance at Dec. 31, 2011 was P50,000. In addition, Mars held the
following items in its safe on that date.
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4. Compute for the amount to be shown as cash on Mars’ statement of financial position
at Dec. 31, 2011.
E. The statement of financial position of Imation Company shows cash of P860,000. The following
items were found to comprise the total amount:
Petty cash fund (currencies and coins, P2,510; expense receipts, P2,100;
IOUs, P380) 5,000
Treasury bills with original maturity of 6 months and acquired 2 months prior
to maturity 50,000
Savings account restricted for the payment of long term obligations 250,000
Total: P860,000
F. Hai – Co is reviewing the cash accounting for Hei – Co. Hai – Co’s review will focus on the petty
cash fund account and the bank reconciliation for the month ended June 30, 2013. She has
collected the following information from Hei – Co’s bookkeeper for this task.
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1. The petty cash fund was established on June 3, in the amount of P 10,000
2. Expenditures from the fund by the custodian as of June 30, 2013, were evidenced by approved
petty cash vouchers for the following:
Office supplies P 3,920
IOUs from employees 1,200
Shipping charges 2,298
Other expenses 1,526
On June 30, the petty cash fund was replenished and increased to P 12,000; currency and coins in the
fund at that time totaled P 756.
Bank reconciliation
Deposits in transit are determined to be P 120,000 and checks outstanding at June 30 total P 34,000.
Cash on hand (except petty cash) at June 30 is P 9,840.
G. The auditor for Glaives Co. examined the petty cash fund immediately after the close of business,
July 31, 2013, the end of company’s natural business year. The petty cash custodian presented
the following during the count:
Currency P 1,650
Petty cash voucher:
Postage 420
Office supplies 900
Transportation 340
Repairs & maintenance 800
Advances to office staff 1,500
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The general ledger shows an imprest petty cash fund balance of P 16,000.
H. The following information is included in Wisdom Corp.’s bank statement for the month of April:
In comparing the bank statement to the company’s cash records, you found:
The deposits in transit and outstanding checks have been correctly taken up in the company’s books. You
also found a customer’s check for P 17,400 that had not yet been deposited and had not been recorded
in Wisdom’s books. Your client’s book show a cash balance of P 36,420.
I. A company is reconciling its bank statement with internal records. The cash balance per the
company’s books is P 45,000. There are P 5,000 of bank charges not yet recorded, P 7,500 of
outstanding checks, P12,500 of deposits in transit, and P15,000 of bank credits and collections
not yet taken up in the company’s books.
Dec. 31 Jan. 1
Cash ? P 186,000
Accounts receivable 273,000 201,000
Merchandise inventory 234,000 258,000
Accounts payable 144,000 159,000
Total sales and cost of sales for 2013 were P 2,394,000 and P 1,749,000, respectively. All sales and
purchases were made on credit. Various operating expenses of P 321,000 were paid in cash. Assume that
there were no other pertinent transactions. Compute for the…
K. Yohoy Co., keeps all its cash in checking account. An examination of the company’s accounting
records and bank statement for the month ended Dec. 31, 2014 revealed the following
information:
A deposit of P 9,500 through the bank’s night depository box on Dec. 29 did not appear on the bank
statement. The bank statement shows that on Dec. 28, 2014, the bank collected a note for Yohoy and
credited the proceeds of P 9,350 to the company’s account. The proceeds include P350 interest, all of
which Yohoy earned during the current accounting period. Yohoy has not yet recorded the collection.
Yohoy discovered that check # 230, written in Dec. 2014 for P 1,830 in payment to a supplier,
had been recorded in the company’s records as P 1,380.
Included with the Dec. 31, 2014 bank statement was an NSF check for P 2,500 that Yohoy had
received from Cu Co. on account on Dec. 19. Yohoy has not yet recorded the returned check.
The bank statement shows a P 150 service charge for December.
L. Judith Mae Borda Corp. misplaced all the bank statements for the past years. You reviewed the
accounting records and discovered that the following journal entries were made to reconcile the
June 30, 2012 bank records and accounting records.
Pre-adjustment cash balance in the accounting records was P 371,023.50, outstanding checks were P
10,375 and no other adjustments were required.
21. What is the balance of the cash account per bank statement as of June 30, 2012?
M. The following data pertaining to the cash transactions and bank accounts of O’rayt Co. for July
2011 are as follows:
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Debit memo for printed checks delivered by the bank; the charge has not been recorded in the
accounting records, P 225.
Proceeds of a bank loan on July 31 not recorded in the accounting records, net of P 300 interest,
P5,700.
Proceeds from customer’s promissory note, principal amount, P8,000, collected by the bank, not taken up
in the books, with P100 interest, P8,100.
Check # 2000 payable to a supplier entered in the accounting records as P 2,100 deducted in the bank
statement the erroneous amount of P 1,200.
Stolen check lacking an authorized signature deducted from O’rayt’s account by the bank in error, P800.
Customers check returned by the bank marked DAIF, indicating that the customer’s balance was not
adequate to cover the check. No entry has been made in the accounting records to record the returned
check, P760.
N. In comparing the balance per books of Maguindanao Company with the bank statement obtained
from the bank, together with the canceled checks and other memoranda at Dec. 31, 2013, you
observed the following:
f) Proceeds of bank loan, 12/15/13 omitted from company’s records, net of P 3,000 charge, P
97,000
g) Deposit of 12/23/13 omitted from the bank statement, P 28,924.10
h) Check of Italy products charged back on 12/22/13 for lack of counter signature, redeposited on
1/5/14. No entry was made for the charge back or the redeposit. P 8,737.40
j) Check #6970 of Maguinbanao co. charged in error to the company’s account, P 26,900
k) Proceeds of note of B. Christian & Co. collected by bank on 12/1/13 not entered on books,
inclusive of P 400 interest and net of service charge of P50. P 20,350.
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l) Erroneous debit memo of 12/23/13 to charge company’s account with settlement of bank loan
which was paid by check # 3115 on same date, P50,000.
n) Deposit of Maguinbanao co. on 12/7/13 credited in error in the company’s account, P 18,192.00
23. Determine the correct cash balance of Maguindanao Co. at Dec. 31, 2013.
O. Insatiable Company’s general ledger showed a balance of P1,602,500 in its Cash account on
December 31, 2012 which consisted of the following items: (The company adopts the policy of
classifying as cash equivalents investment instruments with maturity of not more than 90 days)
The following information were gathered at year-end that pertains to the above:
a. Included among the checks drawn against Security Bank general account during December and
recorded also in December are:
Check # 3144 written for P12,500 payable to ABC Trading was delivered on January 5,
2013
Check # 4220 written for P24,000 payable to Dac Trading was certified by the bank but
this check remained outstanding at reporting date.
Check # 8603 written for p7,500 payable to Roshan Trading dated January 26, 2013
Included among the December receipts recorded in the Security Bank general account are as
follows:
Customers checks for P15,000 dated January 30, 2013
Customers check for P25,000 dated December 14, 2012 but returned by the bank due to
insufficiency of fund
Money orders for P1,000
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24. Correct cash balance of the checking account with Security Bank at December 31,
2012
25. Correct cash balance of the checking account with BPI at December 31, 2012
26. Correct petty cash fund balance at December 31, 2012
27. Correct cash balance at December 31, 2012
28. Correct cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2012
P. The trial balance of Reyes Co. at Dec. 31, 2013 includes the following accounts:
a. The petty cash fund consisted the following items as of Dec. 31, 2013:
Currency and coins, P 1,490
Employees’ advances, with no supporting vouchers, P880
Currency in an envelope marked “collections for charity” with employees’ name attached,
P 160
Unreplenished petty cash vouchers, P 740
Replenishment check drawn by Reyes payable to the petty cashier, P1,830
e. The savings account deposit in Security bank was a fund set aside by the Board of directors for
the acquisition of new machine. The company expects to disburse this amount on Jan. 2, 2014.
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Q. The bank statement of Appetite Corp. for April, 2013 showed an ending balance of P169,263.
Deposit in transit on Apr. 30 was P18,200. Outstanding checks as of Apr. 30 were P59,435.
During the month of April, the bank charged back NSF checks in the amount of P3,435 of which P
1,835 had been redeposited by Apr. 30. The company made no entry for the return and for the
redeposit of the checks.
On Apr. 23, the bank charged Appetite Corp.’s account for a P2,200 item which should have been
charged against the account of Ammetite Corp.; the error was not detected by the bank. During
April, the proceeds from notes collected by the bank for Appetite Corp. were P7,548 and bank
charges for this service were P180.
R. On July 5, 2013, Smee Corp. received its bank statement for the month ending June 30. The
statement showed a P209,500 balance while the cash account balance on June 30 was P35,000.
In reconciling the balances, the auditor discovered that:
1. The June 30 collections of P176,000 were recorded on the books but were not deposited
until July.
2. The bank service charges for the month of June totaled P3,000
3. A paid check for P24,300 was entered incorrectly in the cash payments journal as P34,200.
S. The bank statement for the current account of sir George James Corp. showed a Dec. 31, 2013,
balance of P585,284. Information that might be useful in preparing a bank reconciliation is as
follows:
b) The Dec. 31, 2013, cash receipts of P23,000 were not deposited in the bank until Jan. 4, 2014.
c) One check written in payment of rent P8,940 was correctly recorded by the bank but was
recorded by sir George as a P9,840 disbursement.
d) In accordance with prior authorization, the bank withdrew P18,000 directly from the current
account as payment on a mortgage note payable. The interest portion of that payment was
P14,000. Sir George has made no entry to record the automatic payment.
f) A deposit of P35,000 was recorded by the bank on Dec. 13, but it did not belong to sir George
James.
g) The bank statement included a charge of P3,400 for an NSF check. The company will seek
payment from the customer.
h) Sir George maintains an P8,000 petty cash fund that was appropriately reimbursed at the end of
December.
i) According to instructions from sir George on Dec. 29, the bank withdrew P400,000 from the
account and purchased treasury bills for sir George. The company recorded the transaction in its
books on Dec. 31 when it received notice from the bank. Half of the treasury bills mature in three
months and the other half in four months.
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Compute for:
33. The cash in bank balance per books on Dec. 31, 2013.
34. The adjusted cash in bank balance on Dec. 31, 2013.
35. The amount to be reported as cash and cash equivalents on its Dec. 31, 2013
statement of financial position.
T. EMA Co. was organized on Jan. 13, 2011. The following items are from the company’s trial
balance on December 31, 2011.
Compute for
36. The total collections from sales
37. The total payments for merchandise purchases
38. The total cash receipts per books
39. The total cash disbursements per books
40. The cash balance per books on Dec. 31
41. The adjusted cash balance on Dec. 31
U. Your audit of the cash account of CG corp. disclosed the following information:
Compute for
42. The principal amount of the note collected by bank in December.
43. The adjusted cash in bank balance at Dec. 31, 2013.
44. The cost of checkbook
45. The amount of petty cash shortage at Dec. 31, 2013
46. The adjusted petty cash balance
V. HJE Co, organized on Apr. 3, 2013, has a very poor internal control system. The company’s
cashier is also its accountant. After 8 months of operations, the company’s manager suspects
that the cashier-accountant has been misappropriating company collections. You have been
engaged to audit the company’s accounts to determine the extent of fraud, if any.
You started the audit on Nov. 15. On that date, the cash on hand per surprise count was P5,140.
Also on that date, the bank confirmed that the balance of the company’s current account was
P26,328. You also obtained the information that the cashier’s accountability is P151,228. Your
examination of the records reveals that a check for P1,852 was outstanding on Nov. 15, the
company’s mark up is 40% of sales.
Further examination of the company’s records reveals the following balances at Nov. 15, 2013:
Ordinary share capital P300,000
Share premium 20,000
Real property purchased for cash 200,000
Mortgage payable 80,000
Furniture and fixtures (of the acquisition cost, P6,000
remains unpaid as of Nov. 15) 29,000
Notes payable – BPI 32,000
Accounts payable – trade 46,284
Expenses paid (excluding purchases) 60,756
M. inventory at cost 93,920
Accounts receivable – trade 85,380
Total sales 340,000
Compute for
47. The amount paid for inventory purchases
48. The collections from customers
49. The adjusted bank balance as of Nov. 15, 2013
50. The cash shortage as of Nov. 15, 2013
W. In auditing the VO Co., you obtained the bank statement, canceled checks and other memoranda
which relate to the company’s bank account for December 2013. In reconciling the bank balance
with that shown on the company’s books, you observed the facts set forth below:
6. Proceeds of bank loan, 12/6/13, discounted for 3 months at 18% per annum, omitted from
company books P47,750
10. Check # 13221 of XY Co, charged by bank in error to company’s account P13,600
11. Proceeds of note of QR Co, collected by bank, 12/14/13, not entered in cash book (principal
amount of P25,000 plus interest of P1,125, less collection fee) P25,625
12. Erroneous debit memo of 12/30/12, to charge company’s account with settlement of bank
loan which was paid by check # 11002 on same date P5,000
Compute for
51. The principal amount of the loan obtained from bank in December
52. The amount of collection fee
53. The adjusted cash in bank balance as of Dec. 31, 2013
54. The net adjustment in cash in bank per ledger as of Dec. 31, 2013
~END OF ACC 1A&B~
“For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.”
~ Aristotle
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