Complete Question:
Waupaca Company establishes a $450 petty cash fund on September 9. On September 30, the fund shows $185 in cash along with along with receipts for the following expenditures: transportation-in, $40; postage expenses, $120; and miscellaneous expenses, $80. The petty cashier could not account for a $25 shortage in the fund. The company uses the perpetual system in accounting for merchandise inventory. Prepare (1) the September 9 entry to establish the fund, (2) the September 30 entry to reimburse the fund, and (3) an October 1 entry to increase the fund to $600.
Answer:
Waupaca Company
Journal Entries:
September 9:
Debit Petty Cash Account $450
Credit Cash Account $450
To record the establishment of the petty cash fund.
September 30:
Debit Freight-in $40
Debit Postage Stamps $120
Debit Miscellaneous Expenses $80
Credit Petty Cash account $240
To record the expenses from petty cash fund.
Debit Shortage $25
Credit Petty Cash account $25
To record the cash shortage incurred.
October 1:
Debit Petty Cash account $415
Credit Cash Account $415
To record the increase of the petty cash fund to $600.
Explanation:
September 9: Petty Cash Fund = $450
September 9 to 30: Expenses:
Transportation-in, $40
Postage expenses, $120;
Miscellaneous expenses, $80 $240
Balance supposed to $210
Cash in hand $185
Shortage $25
b) The petty cash fund operates on the petty cash system, whereby a fund is earmarked for petty cash expenses. This fund is called the float or the petty cash imprest. At the end of a month, the incurred expenses are summed so that the petty cashier can be reimbursed with the actual expenses made to restore the float. This amount of the imprest can also be increased or reduced at any time, depending on management discretion.
