2108AFE Financial Accounting
Assessable Workshop Question(s)
Topic 5 – Internal Control, Cash and Receivables
Question 1
The following transactions relate to the business of Penrith Produce Ltd. Ignore GST.
Required
(a) Record the transactions in general journal form.
(b) What is the balance in the Allowance for Doubtful Debts accounts and the Bad Debts Recovered account? Where are these accounts shown on the financial statements?
Question 2
On 30 June, the end of its financial year, Burnside Consulting completed an age analysis of its accounts receivable and determined that an allowance for doubtful debts of $12,320 was needed in order to report accounts receivable at their estimated collectable amount in the balance sheet. Ignore GST.
Required
(a) Prepare the entry to record bad debts expense assuming that the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account cu
ently has a $1940 credit balance.
(b) Prepare the entry to record bad debts expense assuming that the Allowance for Doubtful Debts account cu
ently has a $820 debit balance.
(c) Prepare the entry to write off an account receivable from G. Smith for $781.
(d) Assume that before the entry recorded in requirement C above, the net amount of accounts receivable was $ XXXXXXXXXXWhat is the net amount receivable from accounts receivable after recording the write-off of Smith’s account? Explain.
Question 3
The following information relates to the cash position of Carl Frasier, loan
oker.
1. Cash at Bank account balance as at 30 June 2019: $45 466 debit.
2. Bank statement balance as at 30 June 2019: $47 512 credit.
XXXXXXXXXXJune receipts amounting to $1830 have not been deposited.
4. Cheques issued but not presented total $3468.
5. A $312 cheque was returned marked ‘dishonoured’. The cheque had been received from J. Simms, a new customer.
6. A $750 deposit made by L. Richards was inco
ectly credited to the bank account of Carl Frasier.
7. The bank statement shows that the bank has charged the business’s account with fees and charges of $30.
8. Items 4, 5, and 6 have not yet been entered in the cash journals.
Required
(a) Prepare a bank reconciliation at 30 June 2019, assuming that items 4, 5, and 6 are already recorded in cash journals.
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