Scenario:
You are hired as a new bookkeeper in Saudi Fresh Food shop. The business has now been open for one month. There are still some planning issues to resolve as well as operational tasks that need to be completed.
Task:
A. Below is a sample credit card merchant statement. Examine every part of it and answer questions XXXXXXXXXXthat follow.
1. What is the name of this Merchant processing centre?
2. For what month is this statement?
3. What is the total of deposits that should appear on the merchant’s bank statement?
4. How many deposits in total were made into bank account for credit card sales?
5. Which journal and which ledger will this amount appear in? Explain your answer.
6. How will this deposit be treated in the journal and in the ledger?
7. How much has been charged by this service in total?
8. Which journal/ledger should this service appear?
9. Which credit card was used the most/least?
10. On what day were most credit card sales made?
11. Credit card receipts has a total of XXXXXXXXXXS.R.
Your manager asked you to do credit card reconciliation and explain the reason for difference.
B. You have received the first bank statement for the business. You are required to check the bank statement and compare it with the bank account. Both documents are in the Appendix.
Prepare a bank reconciliation statement to reconcile the updated bank balance with the bank statement. You should use the Bank Reconciliation Statement in the Appendix.
Appendix:
Bank Statement
Saudi Fresh Food Shop
PO Box 223344
Jeddah
ACCOUNT NUMBER
XXXXXXXXXX
Date
Details
D
C
Balance
SAR
SAR
SAR
1
Balance
XXXXXXXXXXDR
1
Sales
5000.00
600
1
C Iqbal
400.00
200
1
E Rahool
500.00
-300
2
Sales
7000.00
6700
3
Sales
1500.00
8200
3
M J Automotive
7000.00
1000
4
Sales
XXXXXXXXXX
11000
5
Sales
5000.00
16000
6
Sales
5500.00
21500
7
Sales
2500.00
24000
Bank Account in Business’s books
Date
Details
DR
CR
Balance
Septembe
SAR
SAR
SAR
1
Balance
XXXXXXXXXXCR
1
Sales
5000.00
9400.00
1
C Iqbal
400.00
9000.00
1
E Rahool
500.00
8500.00
2
Sales
7000.00
XXXXXXXXXX
3
Sales
1500.00
XXXXXXXXXX
3
M J Automotive
7000.00
XXXXXXXXXX
4
Sales
XXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXX
5
Sales
5000.00
XXXXXXXXXX
6
Sales
5500.00
XXXXXXXXXX
7
Sales
2500.00
XXXXXXXXXX
7
PP Printing
2000
XXXXXXXXXX
7
Aramco
500
XXXXXXXXXX