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A company has a $8,000 cash balance per its books. The bank statement has a balance of $8,450. The bank reconciliation included $800 of deposits-in transits, $500 of checks outstanding, EFTs of $1,000 were received from customers, a $200 NSF check from a customer, and a $50 bank service charge. Given the above reconciling items, the up-to-date cash balance equals

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A company has a 8,000cashbalanceperitsbooks.Thebankstatementhasabalanceof8,000 cash balance per its books. The bank statement has a balance of 8,450. The bank reconciliation included 800ofdepositsintransits,800 of deposits-in transits, 500 of checks outstanding, EFTs of 1,000werereceivedfromcustomers,a1,000 were received from customers, a 200 NSF check from a customer, and a $50 bank service charge. Given the above reconciling items, the up-to-date cash balance equals

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To calculate the up-to-date cash balance, we need to adjust the book balance and the bank balance with the given reconciling items.

Step 1: Adjust the book balance The book balance is 8,000.WeneedtoaddtheEFTsreceivedfromcustomersandsubtracttheNSFcheckandthebankservicecharge.So,theadjustedbookbalanceis8,000. We need to add the EFTs received from customers and subtract the NSF check and the bank service charge. So, the adjusted book balance is 8,000 + 1,0001,000 - 200 - 50=50 = 8,750.

Step 2: Adjust the bank balance The bank balance is 8,450.Weneedtoaddthedepositsintransitandsubtractthechecksoutstanding.So,theadjustedbankbalanceis8,450. We need to add the deposits in transit and subtract the checks outstanding. So, the adjusted bank balance is 8,450 + 800800 - 500 = $8,750.

Therefore, the up-to-date cash balance is $8,750.

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