Nakashima Gallery had the following petty cash transactions in February of the current year. ...

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Nakashima Gallery had the following petty cash transactions in February of the current year.

Feb. 2 Wrote a $350 check, cashed it, and gave the proceeds and the petty cashbox to Chloe Addison, the petty cashier.
5 Purchased bond paper for the copier for $15.75 that is immediately used.
9 Paid $40.50 COD shipping charges on merchandise purchased for resale, terms FOB shipping point. Nakashima uses the perpetual system to account for merchandise inventory.
12 Paid $7.55 postage to express mail a contract to a client.
14 Reimbursed Adina Sharon, the manager, $73 for business mileage on her car.
20 Purchased stationery for $66.77 that is immediately used.
23 Paid a courier $21 to deliver merchandise sold to a customer, terms FOB destination.
25 Paid $11.80 COD shipping charges on merchandise purchased for resale, terms FOB shipping point.
27 Paid $58 for postage expenses.
28 The fund had $23.35 remaining in the petty cash box. Sorted the petty cash receipts by accounts affected and exchanged them for a check to reimburse the fund for expenditures.
28 The petty cash fund amount is increased by $100 to a total of $450.

Required: 1. Prepare the journal entry to establish the petty cash fund. 2. Prepare a petty cash payments report for February with these categories: delivery expense, mileage expense, postage expense, merchandise inventory (for transportation-in), and office supplies expense. Sort the payments into the appropriate categories and total the expenditures in each category. 3. Prepare the journal entries for required 2 to both (a) reimburse and (b) increase the fund amount.

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