Question

The Appleton entity established a $200 Petty Cash fund on June 1, 200X. On June 30, 200X the fund had $45 in cash and the following receipts: Delivery Expense $75, Office Supplies Expense $55, and Postage Expense $25. The entry to establish the fund on June 1, 200X is A. DR Petty Cash 200; CR Cash 200 B. DR Cash 200; CR Petty Cash 200 C. DR Petty Cash 155; CR Cash 155 D. DR Cash 155; CR Petty Cash 155

Answer 1

Answer:

A. DR Petty Cash 200; CR Cash 200

Explanation:

We are asked for the entry on June 1st to stablish the petty cash fund.

The data on June 30th is irrelevant for this question.

We will only work with the information of june 1st

The ptty cash, will be an asset account. To crease an asset account we will debit it.

On credit side, we need to show how is this asset generated. In this case, with another asset, cash. Cash will be credited to show that 200 cash from the main account has been moved into the petty fund