You are conducting an audit of the MART CORPORATION for the year ended December 31, 2018.  The internal control procedures surrounding cash transactions were not adequate.  Jane Quipit, the bookkeeper-cashier handles cash receipts, maintains accounting records and prepares the monthly reconciliations of the bank account.  She prepared the following reconciliation at the end of the year: Balance per bank statement P 315,000 Add : Deposit in transit P 157,725 Note collected by bank   13,500 171,225 Balance P 486,225 Less : Outstanding checks 222,075 Balance per general ledger P 264,150   In the process of your audit, you gathered the following: At December 31, 2018, the bank statement and the general ledger showed balances of P315,000 and P264,150 respectively.   The cut off bank statement showed a bank charge on January 02, 2019 for P35,250 representing a correction of an erroneous bank credit.   Included in the list of outstanding checks were the following: A check payable to a supplier, dated December 29, 2018, in the amount of P13,275, released on January 05, 2019. A check representing advance payment to a supplier in the amount of P33,489, the date of which is January 04, 2019, and released in December 2018.         On December 31, 2018, the company received and recorded customer’s postdated  check amounting to P45,000.   Compute the adjusted deposit in transit as of December 31, 2018. a.P157,725 b.P112,725 c.P202,725 d.P112,500   Compute the adjusted outstanding checks as of December 31, 2018. a.P222,075 b.P235,350 c.P255,564 d.P175,311   Compute the adjusted cash to be presented in the balance sheet as at Dec. 31, 2018. a.P211,914 b.P225,414 c.P238,914 d.P279,414

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You are conducting an audit of the MART CORPORATION for the year ended December 31, 2018.  The internal control procedures surrounding cash transactions were not adequate.  Jane Quipit, the bookkeeper-cashier handles cash receipts, maintains accounting records and prepares the monthly reconciliations of the bank account.  She prepared the following reconciliation at the end of the year:

Balance per bank statement P 315,000

Add : Deposit in transit P 157,725

Note collected by bank   13,500 171,225

Balance P 486,225

Less : Outstanding checks 222,075

Balance per general ledger P 264,150

 

In the process of your audit, you gathered the following:

  1. At December 31, 2018, the bank statement and the general ledger showed balances of P315,000 and P264,150 respectively.

 

  1. The cut off bank statement showed a bank charge on January 02, 2019 for P35,250 representing a correction of an erroneous bank credit.

 

  1. Included in the list of outstanding checks were the following:
  1. A check payable to a supplier, dated December 29, 2018, in the amount of P13,275, released on January 05, 2019.
  2. A check representing advance payment to a supplier in the amount of P33,489, the date of which is January 04, 2019, and released in December 2018.

 

  1.       On December 31, 2018, the company received and recorded customer’s postdated 

check amounting to P45,000.

 

  1. Compute the adjusted deposit in transit as of December 31, 2018.

a.P157,725 b.P112,725 c.P202,725 d.P112,500

 

  1. Compute the adjusted outstanding checks as of December 31, 2018.

a.P222,075 b.P235,350 c.P255,564 d.P175,311

 

  1. Compute the adjusted cash to be presented in the balance sheet as at Dec. 31, 2018.

a.P211,914 b.P225,414 c.P238,914 d.P279,414

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