03 Audit of Cash
03 Audit of Cash
Audit of Cash
PROBLEM 1
Your audit of the cash account of Albano Corporation reveals the following information:
1) Saving accounts of P1,500,000 and commercial checking account of P800,000 with Metropolitan Bank and Trust
Company. Balances were taken from Albano’s general ledger.
2) Three certificates of deposit with MetroBank, each totaling P1,000,000, with maturity dates of 90 days and less.
3) Money market placements with Axa Group of Companies, not intended to be terminated until 2016, P3,000,000 face
amount. Last value date was December 29, 2014; on which date, cumulative income earned on the instrument is
P200,000.
4) Checking account with Allied Bank for payroll fund, P1,200,00 and another checking account for tax fund, P500,000.
5) A check for P35,000 for salaries of an employee on leave was recorded as disbursement on December 15; the
employee has not claimed the check as of December 31.
6) Savings account with Allied Bank, P900,000 as equipment acquisition fund, P480,000 of which was earmarked for an
equipment to be delivered in March 2015. You were able to verify that this amount was actually disbursed in March
2015.
7) Petty cash fund with imprest balance of P20,000. Your count of the fund on January 4, 2015 revealed the following
fund composition: Bills and coins, P12,000; paid petty cash vouchers, all dated December 2014, P6,800; IOUs from
employees, with no supporting petty cash vouchers, P1,200; and a check drawn against MetroBank checking account
in the amount of P5,300 covering Meralco bill for the period November 29 to December 30, 2014.
8) Checks from customers in settlement of account, both on sales invoices for the month of December 2014, totaling
P85,000. The checks were verified to have been recorded in the December cash receipts journal, although one check
for P25,000 was dated January 8 ,2015.
9) All the checks proved to be good when subsequently deposited.
1. Prepare the entire necessary audit adjusting entries as a result of the foregoing.
2. Determine the amount that will be reported as Cash and Cash Equivalents on the December 31, 2014 Statement of Financial
Position.
PROBLEM 2
The “Cash” account in the ledger of Albano Jr. Company on December 31, 2014 had a balance of P1,640,000. An examination
of the account disclosed the following:
1. The sales book was left open up to January 10, 2015 and cash sales totaling P285,200 were considered as cash
sales in 2014.
2. Checks of P19,300 in payable of utilities were prepared before December 31, 2014 and recorded in the books on the
same date, but mailed or delivered only on January 5, 2015.
3. Customers’ checks with January 2015 dates totaling P57,800 are being held by the cashier and were included as part
of cash on December 31, 2014. The company’s experience shows that postdated checks are eventually realized.
4. Customer’s check for P32,500 deposited with the bank on December 15, 2014 was returned on December 18, 2014.
The return was not recorded in the book.
5. The cash account includes P230,000 set aside for payment of dividends.
6. The cash account includes a check received from a customer in May 2014 for P3,500, which the company failed to
deposit. Verification from customer reveals that the amount will eventually be realized.
7. The cash account includes change fund amounting to P5,000. When the fund was counted, only P4,450 was found.
9. The cash account includes petty cash fund amounting to P20,000. The fund was replenished last December 24,
2014. When the fund was counted on January 3, 2015, the following were found:
10. An examination of the company’s sales invoice revealed that P13,500 check was received on December 30, 2014
from sale of scrap materials. The amount cannot be traced from the cash receipts book but was verified to have been
deposited to the bank.
1. For each of the above items, prepare the necessary audit adjustment to bring the cash account to its correct balance as of
December 31, 2014.
2. Determine the correct amount of cash to be presented on December 31, 2014 Statement of Financial Position.
PROBLEM 3
You examined the petty cash fund of the Chico Company immediately after the close of business on June 30, 2014, the end of
the company’s fiscal year. Your audit showed the following fund composition:
Currencies P6,000
Coins 400
Petty cash vouchers:
Gasoline payments for delivery vehicle 250
Office supplies 160
Medicines for employees 240
Transportation 400
Office equipment repairs 400
Loans to employees 800
A check drawn by the company payable to the 3,800
order of the petty cash custodian, representing her
salary
An employee’s check returned by the bank 1,200
because of insufficient funds
A piece of paper with names of several employees 1,500
together with a contribution for a wedding gift for
an employee. Attached to the sheet of paper are
currencies amounting to
The petty cash general ledger account has an imprest balance of P10,000.
1. What amount of petty cash fund should included as part of Cash on June 30, 2014 Statement of Financial Position?
PROBLEM 4
You counted the petty cash fund balance of Chico Jr. Corporation at 11:00 o’clock in the morning of January 4, 2015, and you
obtained the following details:
You ascertained that Chico Jr. Corporation established a petty cash fund for P35,000.
1. Compute the amount of the petty cash fund shortage as of January 4, 2015.
2. Prepared the necessary audit adjusting entries for December 31, 2014.
3. Compute the correct amount of petty cash fund to be shown as part of Cash in the Statement of Financial Position at
December 31, 2014.
PROBLEM 5
You are making an audit of the Dolz Industries for the year ended December 31, 2014. The balance of the petty cash account
on December 31, 2014 was P15,000. Your count of the imprest cash fund, made at 10:46 a.m. on January 5, 2015, in the
presence of Ms. C. Cabria revealed:
Denomination Quantity
1,000 2
500 4
100 14
50 16
20 10
10 19
5 17
1 25
0.50 21
0.25 28
Checks:
Vouchers:
IOU:
PROBLEM 6
You are making an audit of the Dolz Jr. Company for the year ended December 31, 2014. The balance of the petty cash fund
account on December 31, 2014 was P10,000. Your count of the imprest cash fund, made at 10:32 am on January 6, 2015 in
the presence of Ms. Mary Rose Antonis, the petty cash custodian disclosed the following fund composition:
Denomination Quantity
500 1
100 8
50 3
10 4
5 2
1 3
Checks:
Voucher:
IOU:
Issuer Amount
Joanne Angela Belga, employee P1,200.00
Postage stamps:
You verified that Ms. Antonis handled miscellaneous receipt and issues provisional receipt. These miscellaneous
collections are periodically turned over to the general cashier who issues official receipts.
PROBLEM 7
The bank statement for the checking account of Eco, Inc. showed a December 31, 2014 balance of P1,463,212. Information
that might be useful in preparing a bank reconciliation are as follow:
1. Prepare bank reconciliation for the Eco checking account at December 31, 2014. You have to compute the balance per book.
3. What amount would Eco report as Cash and Cash Equivalents in the current asset section of the December 31, 2014
Statement of Financial Position?
PROBLEM 8
The Eco Jr. Corporation engaged your services to audit its accounts. In your examination of cash, you find that the Cash
account represents both Cash on Hand and Cash in Bank. You further noted that there is very poor internal control over cash.
Your audit covers the period ended December 31, 2014. You made a cash count on January 15, 2015, and cash on hand on
this date was determined to be P52,000. Examination of the cash books and other evidences of transaction disclosed the
following:
The company cashier presented to you the following reconciliation statement at December 2014, which she prepared:
2. Prepare a schedule showing how the cashier attempted to conceal his storage.
PROBLEM 9
You are to audit the cash in bank account of Lanac Corp. as of December 31, 2014.
CASH
Nov. 1 652,070 Nov. 31 CD 6,654,410
Nov. 30 CR 6,824,290 Dec. 1- Bank reconciliation 38,400
Dec. 31 CR 9,198,720 Dec. 31 CD 8,574,610
CD- Cash disbursement
CR- Cash receipts
Your review of last month’s bank reconciliation and the current bank statement reveals the following:
1. Outstanding checks: November 30, 2014 P254,720
December 31, 2014 335,610
2. Deposits in Transit: November 30, 2014 164,220
December 31, 2014 209,180
3. Check no. 359 for Office Furniture was written for P6,950 but recorded in the cash disbursement journal as P9,650.
The bank deducted the check as P6,950. The error happened in November and is not yet corrected as of December
31.
4. A check written on the account of the Lanao Corp. for P5,830 was deducted by the bank from the Lanac’s account.
5. Included with the bank statement was a debit memorandum dated December 31 for P24,750 for interest on a note
taken out by the Lanac Corp. on November 30.
6. The service charge for the new checks has not been recorded.
7. The November 30 bank reconciliation showed as reconciling items a service charge of P3,500 and a customer’s DAIF
check for P34,900.
1. Prepare a four-column proof of cash reconciling bank balance and balance per book to the correct balance.
PROBLEM 10
Your client, Lanac Jr., presented you with the following data:
Bank balances
September 30 P2,500,000
October 31 3,100,000
Deposits transit
September 30 58,000
October 31 47,000
Outstanding checks
September 30 97,000
October 31 46,000
1. Prepare a four-column proof of cash reconciling bank balance and balance per books to the correct balance.
PROBLEM 11
The treasurer of Mendaza Company prepared the following correct bank reconciliation as of April 30, 2014.
Mendaza Company deposits shown on the bank statement include the proceeds of a P240,000 note payable drawn by the
treasurer for Mendaza Company payable to the bank in 60 days. No entry was made for the note in the company’s books. The
total cash receipts as shown by Mendaza Company records amount to P654,400, and the total checks recorded amount to
P613,120. This latter total does not include one check drawn and signed by the treasure payable to himself. The treasurer has
disappeared. No record of this check appears anywhere in the company’s records. Checks outstanding on May 31, 2014, total
P133,600.The DAIF check and the service charge for April were recorded by the company in May.
PROBLEM 12
In relation to your audit of the financial statements of the Medaza II for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2014, you decided
to prepare cutoff bank reconciliation as of December 6, 2014. The cashbook contained the following:
The bank statement dated at the close of business on January 6, 2015 showed:
The bank checks and other charges includes a P200,000 charge made by the bank on December 4, 2014 plus interest of
P28,000 as payment of bank loan and all checks issued prior to December 5, except checks for P30,000 and P40,000 dated
December 3 and 4, respectively.
The daily cash receipts were deposited in the first banking hour of the following day.
All disbursement were made by checks except that a payment of P12,000 representing advance to a hotel for Christmas
launching of a new product was paid out of undeposited collections in the afternoon of December 6.