Question

The following transactions relate to the petty cash fund of Jarvis Wrecking Company: Apr. 1 19 The petty cash fund is set up with a $350 cash balance. Because the money in the fund is down to $70.20, the fund is replenished. Petty cash vouchers are as follows: Flowers for hospitalized employee (miscellaneous expense) $ 84.38 Postage stamps 135.00 Office supplies 46.71 The cash in the fund is $193.07. The fund is replenished to include petty cash payments in this period's financial statements. The petty cash vouchers are for the following: Transportation in $64.12 Office supplies 92.81 The petty cash fund balance is increased to $400. 30 May 1 Prepare the journal entries to record these transactions.

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The petty cash journal entry is a debit to the petty cash account and a credit to the cash account. The petty cash custodian refills the petty cash drawer or box, which should now contain the original amount of cash that was designated for the fund. The cashier creates a journal entry to record the petty cash receipts he entry must show an increase in your Petty Cash account and a decrease in your Cash account. To show this, debit your Petty Cash account and credit your Cash account. When the petty cash fund gets too low, you must refill it to its set amount Count the money remaining in your petty cash account at the end of an accounting period. For example, assume your petty cash account has $550 remaining. Subtract the amount remaining from the account's original balance to determine by how much you need to replenish the account. A cash receipts journal is used to record all cash receipts of the business. All cash received by a business should be reported in the accounting records. In a cash receipts journal, a debit is posted to cash in the amount of money received. An additional posting must be made to balancing the transaction.

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