Question

Garrison Corporation was closing its books on May 31, 2020. Garrison's accountant prepared a bank reconciliation as of May 31, 2020, and has found the following possible reconciling items between its book balance and its cash balance per the bank: Garrison's book balance 16,280 Outstanding checks 960 Customer's NSF check returned by the bank 190 Interest earned on checking account 160 In the search for reconciling items, the accountant also discovered that Garrison made an error in recording a customer’s check: the amount was recorded in cash receipts as $410; the bank recorded the amount correctly as $920. Required: What amount will Garrison report as its adjusted cash balance at May 31, 2020?

Answer 1

$16,760

Step-by-step explanation:

The computation of the adjusted cash balance is shown below:

= Book balance + interest earned + bank error - NSF checks

= $16,280 + $160 + ($920 - $410) - $190

= $16,760

We simply applied the above formula so that the correct answer could be come and the same is to be considered

Hence, the adjusted cash balance is $16,760