Bank reconciliation and internal control
Following is a bank reconciliation for Fez’s Sandwich Shop for May 31, 2010.
|
Cash |
Bank |
|
|
Balance as of 5/31/10 |
$25,500 |
$23,000 |
|
Deposit in transit |
4,250 |
|
|
Outstanding checks |
(1,730) |
|
|
Note collected by bank |
1,050 |
|
|
Bank service charge |
(30) |
|
|
Automatic payment on loan |
(1,000) |
|
|
Adjusted cash balance as of 5/31/10 |
$25,520 |
$25,520 |
Because of limited funds, Fez’s employed only one accountant who was responsible for receiving cash, recording receipts and disbursements, preparing deposits, and preparing the bank reconciliation. The accountant left the company on June 8, 2010, after preparing the preceding statement. His replacement compared the checks returned with the bank statement to the cash disbursements journal and found the total of outstanding checks to be $4,200.
Required
a. Prepare a corrected bank reconciliation.
b. What is the total amount of cash missing, and how was the difference between the true cash” per the bank and the true cash” per the books hidden on the reconciliation prepared by the former employee?
c. What could Fez’s do to avoid cash theft in the future?