Youve just been hired as an accountant at Murdstone, Inc., a retailer of supplies for arts and crafts. Since the previous accountant left his position suddenly, the controller of Murdstone, Inc. has asked for your assistance in filling in some missing data for the companys January accounting records. Youll also be responsible for training the companys new accounting intern.

CHART OF ACCOUNTS
Murdstone, Inc.
General Ledger
ASSETS 110 Cash 111 Petty Cash 112 Accounts Receivable 115 Inventory 116 Store Supplies 117 Office Supplies 118 Prepaid Insurance 120 Land 123 Store Equipment 124 Accumulated Depreciation-Store Equipment 125 Office Equipment 126 Accumulated Depreciation-Office Equipment 131 Notes Receivable LIABILITIES 210 Accounts Payable 211 Salaries Payable 213 Interest Payable 215 Notes Payable EQUITY 310 Common Stock 311 Retained Earnings 312 Dividends 313 Income Summary	REVENUE 410 Sales 610 Interest Revenue EXPENSES 510 Cost of Goods Sold 516 Cash Short and Over 520 Salaries Expense 521 Advertising Expense 522 Depreciation Expense-Store Equipment 523 Delivery Expense 531 Rent Expense 532 Depreciation Expense-Office Equipment 533 Insurance Expense 534 Office Supplies Expense 535 Bank Service Charge 536 Repairs Expense 537 Selling Expenses 538 Store Supplies Expense 539 Miscellaneous Administrative Expense 710 Interest Expense

The controller has completed the T accounts for the Cash and Sales accounts as of January 30, but needs to attend an important conference in another city. She has requested that you prepare the T account for the Cash Short and Over account as of January 30 also. You are told that the balance of the account is zero as of the beginning of January, and that all the companys sales are in cash. To simplify, this problem assumes that a company has only one bank account, which is identified in the Ledger as Cash.

Review the following T accounts, and then scroll down to complete the Cash Short and Over T account and answer the associated question that follows it.

Cash
Balance 1/1	5,500	1/2 Establish Petty Cash	500
1/5	2,800
1/12	6,230
1/23	3,270
1/30	4,450
Balance	21,750

Sales
		Balance 1/1	0
		1/5	2,805
		1/12	6,205
		1/23	3,300
		1/30	4,390
		Balance	16,700

Review the preceding T accounts, and then complete the Cash Short and Over T account and associated question that follows it.

Cash Short and Over
Balance 1/1	0
		Balance

What will happen to the ending balance in the Cash Short and Over account at the end of the accounting period?

The discrepancy must be reported to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

It will be a miscellaneous expense on the income statement.

The discrepancy must be reported on the company website.

It will be added to the Other Income section of the income statement.

Murdstone, Inc. issued a check on January 2 to establish a petty cash fund of $500. On January 31, the amount of cash in the petty cash fund is $442. The company would like to issue a check to replenish the fund, based on the following summary of petty cash receipts:

Account	Amount on Receipt
Office Supplies	$28.00
Miscellaneous Administrative Expense	$23.00

The companys policy is to record any missing funds in the Cash Short and Over account.

The new intern has prepared a proposed journal entry to record the replenishing of the petty cash fund:

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ACCOUNTING EQUATION

	DATE	DESCRIPTION	POST. REF.	DEBIT	CREDIT	ASSETS	LIABILITIES	EQUITY
1	Jan. 31	Petty Cash		51.00
2		Cash			51.00

Prepare for your discussion with the intern by journalizing the correct entry for the replenishment of the petty cash fund. Refer to the Chart of Accounts for exact wording of account titles.

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	DATE	DESCRIPTION	POST. REF.	DEBIT	CREDIT	ASSETS	LIABILITIES	EQUITY
1
2
3
4

The companys accounting intern has prepared the end-of-January bank reconciliation from the bank statement, and is worried because the Adjusted Balance amounts do not agree. After reviewing the bank reconciliation, scroll down for the next steps in helping the intern.

Murdstone, Inc.

Bank Reconciliation

January 31, 20Y7

1	Cash balance according to bank statement		$23,557.98
2	Adjustments:
3	Deposit in transit on January 31	$12,125.25
4	Outstanding Check No. 124	(62.00)
5	Outstanding Check No. 125	(86.00)
6	Outstanding Check No. 129	(1,250.00)
7	Total adjustments		10,727.25
8	Adjusted balance		$34,285.23
9
10	Cash balance according to Murdstone, Inc.		$51,567.88
11	Adjustments:
12	Note and interest collected by bank	$15,250.75
13	Check returned because of insufficient funds	(23,475.40)
14	Bank service charge	(400.00)
15	Error in recording Check No. 123	(9,000.00)
16	Total adjustments		(17,624.65)
17	Adjusted balance		$33,943.23

You assist the intern to check source documents, and find that most of the dollar amounts are correct; however, two dollar amounts are incorrect. After reviewing the following table, scroll down for the next steps in helping the intern.

Item	Correct in Interns Reconciliation?	If No, Corrected Amount
Cash balance according to bank statement	Yes
Deposit in transit on January 31	Yes
Outstanding Check No. 124	Yes
Outstanding Check No. 125	No	$68.00
Outstanding Check No. 129	Yes
Cash balance according to Murdstone, Inc.	Yes
Check returned because of insufficient funds	Yes
Note and interest collected by bank	Yes
Bank service charge	No	$40.00
Murdstone error in recording Check No. 123 as $12,435.00 rather than the correct amount of $21,435.00	Yes

After asking the intern to search for other errors by comparing her reconciliation to prior bank reconciliations prepared by the former accountant, you work together to compute the corrected Adjusted Balance. Enter your answer with two decimal places.

Corrected Adjusted Balance amount: