Cash & Cash Equiv Summary and Practice Problem
Cash & Cash Equiv Summary and Practice Problem
In the field of accounting, having a solid understanding on the concept and logic of cash and cash equivalent is paramount. This chapter provides a
comprehensive summary of the discussions tackled by the previous class reporters including an in-depth exploration of the concepts, composition, and
accounting methods concerning cash and cash equivalents. This chapter shall make use of diagrams and tables to simplify the topic and deliver an
understandable brief discussion.
-Undeposited collections
CASH ON HAND -checks
Money that is immediately -bank draft
available for transactions
-money order
-payroll fund
Money that is set aside for
current purposes -dividend fund
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Short term, highly liquid investment, readily convertible Note: the date of purchase
CASH EQUIVALENT should be 3 months or less
Acquired 3 months before maturity before maturity
MEASUREMENT
Face value
Classification of cash fund should be the same with Current assets serve for current purposes. This
the classification of related liability includes petty cash fund, payroll fund, travel
CASH fund, interest fund
EXCEPTION: cash fund set aside for acquisition of Long term investment is for long term
Measured at:
noncurrent asset should be classified as noncurrent purposes. This includes sinking fund,
regardless of the year of disbursement. contingent fund, etc
If same bank
Considered as “cash”
Not legally restricted as to
withdrawal Considered as “cash
COMPENSATING (informal) held as compensating
Minimum balance required to maintain
balance”
BALANCE
Legally restricted as to
withdrawal
“noncurrent
(formal) investment” if long
terms
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Expired check
Must be encashed within a
STALE CHECKS reasonable time
Becomes stale after 6
months
Debit: Cash
CASH OVERAGE Cash is more than balance per book
Credit: Cash short or over
IMPREST FUND
SYSTEM
Money is set aside to pay small
PETTY CASH FUND expenses
FLUCTUATING
FUND SYSTEM
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
o Money market placements and time deposit qualify as cash and cash equivalent when there is no specification attached.
o Cash in bank set aside for payroll is included in cash because it is for the payment of current liability.
o Share investments are not part of cash and cash equivalent because it doesn’t have maturity.
o Check drawn payable to the order of the petty cash custodian representing her salary is considered as an accommodation check and is therefore
classified as cash.
o Bank overdrafts are only included if it is on the same bank
o Pension fund is a non-current investment
o Value added tax account is included I cash because it is a payment of current liability.
o Refundable deposit for returnable containers is classified as current assets.
2- BANK RECONCILIATION
o Collections already
Already recorded by the book forwarded to the bank but
DEPOSIT IN too late to appear in the bank
but not yet by the bank
TRANSIT statement
o Undeposited collections
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1. Adjusted balance method- the book and the bank balance are both adjusted to match each other
2. Book to bank method- the book balance is adjusted to equal the bank balance.
3. Bank to book method- the bank balance is adjusted to equal the book balance.
BOOK BANK
Book Balance xx Bank Balance xx
Add: Credit memos xx Add: Deposits in Transit xx
Less: Debit memos (xx) Less: Outstanding Checks (xx)
ADJUSTED BOOK BALANCE XX ADJUSTED BANK BALANCE XX
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3- PROOF OF CASH
PROOF OF CASH is an auditing and accounting procedure that makes used of an expanded reconciliation that includes a series of receipts and
disbursements. It ensures that the actual physical cash as well as the actual cash transactions recorded in the company’s accounting records, match up.
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EXAMPLE PROBLEMS
PROBLEM 1: Okinawa Company has supplied you with the following list of its bank accounts and cash at December 31, 2022:
TOTAL P274,500
What should be the balance to be reported as “Cash and Cash Equivalents” in the December 31, 2022 statement of financial position of Okinawa Company?
Answer: P214,500
PROBLEM 2: Wintermelon Corporation reported a total cash and cash equivalent of P6,325,000 on Dec. 31, 2020, which includes the following information:
a) Two certificate of deposits, each totaling P500,000. These certificates of deposit have a maturity of 120 days.
Wintermelon Corporation has agreed to maintain a cash balance of P500,000 in one of its banks at all times and it is not available for withdrawawl and to
ensure future credit availability (this amount was included in the above balance). How much is the correct amount of cash and cash equivalents that
Wintermelon Corp. should report in its December 31, 2020 statement of financial position?
Answer: P2,600,000
PROBLEM 3: Sesame Company had the following transactions in the year 2022 which is also the first year of their operation:
Answer: P210,000
B. BANK RECONCILIATION
PROBLEM 1: The bank statement of Kingga Trading and Co., as of June 30, 2021 had an ending balance of P373,612. The following data were assembled in
the course of reconciling the bank balance:
The bank erroneously credited Kingga Trading for P2,150 on June 19.
During the month, the bank charged NSF checks amounting to P2,340 of which P800 had been redeposited on the 24th of June.
Collection for June 30 totaling P10,330 was deposited the following month.
Checks outstanding as of June 30 were P30,205.
Notes collected by the bank for Kingga Trading were P8,150 and the corresponding bank charges were P50.
What is the adjusted bank balance on June 30,2021 of Kingga Trading and Co.?
SOLUTION:
o The notes collected and NSF checks are books reconciling items that require adjustment in the company’s book.
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PROBLEM 2: Kurimao Company is preparing its March 31 bank reconciliation. The following data are available:
a. P300 c. P5,100
b. P1,300 d. P3,100
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SOLUTION:
PROBLEM 3: Shown below is the bank reconciliation for Kiwi Company for May 2023:
The bank statement for June 2023 contains the following data:
All outstanding checks on April 30, including the bank credit, were cleared in the bank on May 31. There were outstanding checks of P60,000 and deposits
in transit of P76,000 on May 31, 2023.
a) P450,000 c) P328,000
b) P680,456 d) P328,900
SOLUTION:
Total 520,000