Question

At August 31, Kingbird, Inc. has a cash balance per books of $8,320 and the following additional data from the bank statement: charge for printing Kingbird, Inc. checks $50 and interest earned on checking account balance $46. In addition, Kingbird, Inc. has outstanding checks of $880. Determine the adjusted cash balance per books at August 31.

Answer 1

$8,316

Explanation:

The computation of adjusted cash balance per books at August 31 is shown below:-

Adjusted cash balance per books at August 31 = Cash balance per books + Interest earned - Charge for printing Kingbird, Inc. checks

= $8,320 + $46 - $50

= $8,316

Therefore for computing the Adjusted cash balance per books at August 31 we simply applied the above formula and we have not considered the outstanding checks as it is not relevant.