Auditing
Auditing
Auditing
Cash
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TOPICS COVERED
Overview of Cash
Internal Controls for Cash
Assertions and Procedures
Substantive Test for Cash on Hand
Substantive Test for Cash in Bank
ASSERTIONS AND AUDIT PROCEDURE
Items counted may include the following: Cashier’s accountability may include the
following:
Currency and coins Imprest balance of the cash fund
Checks Checks or money items for payments to
Checks representing collections another
(dated and posted) Collections temporarily handled by the
Checks for disbursements custodian for remittance to the general
(entrusted to the custodians) cashier
Properly approved petty cash vouchers Other collections handled by the
evidencing payments custodian
IOUs with no supporting vouchers
Cash Shortage
If the cashier's accountability exceeds the items counted, the difference is a cash
shortage.
Cash shortages may indicate that there may have been payments made out of the fund
without properly approved petty cash vouchers or supporting documents.
Any unaccounted cash shortage requires reclassification either as a receivable from the
cashier or part of miscellaneous expenses.
Cash Overage
If the total amount of items counted exceeds the cashier's accountability, the excess is
a cash overage.
The presence of cash overage may indicate that there may have been collections not
properly identified or recorded.
Cash item representing unaccounted cash overage must be taken out of the cash fund
and deposited to the general cash in bank account of the company.
An unaccounted cash overage is generally reclassified as miscellaneous income.
Company
Name of Fund
Cash Count Date
BILLS P100.00 P
50.00
1.00
CASH ITEMS
Advance or I.O.U.’s
Others
Difference, if any
I hereby certify that the above fund of P___ was counted in my presence by ____ on ____, 20__ at
____AM/PM and the same was returned to me intact. There are no other funds for which I am
accountable for exempt as noted below:
Other Funds: (Simultaneously counted or physically controlled)
_____________________
(Signature of Cashier)
The following items were found in the petty cash box upon conducting a cash count of
the petty cash fund at 9:00 am on January 4, 2022:
Checks:
Date Drawer Amount
12/20/2021 Jose, employee 1,200
12/29/2021 X Company, customer 8,000
12/29/2021 Juan, employee 2,000
01/15/2022 Jose, employee, cashed Dec. 12, 2021 4,800
The check from X Company represents an unrecorded collection on account. It was turned over by
Cristina Sanchez, the petty cashier, to the general cashier on January 6, 2022.
Required:
(A) Prepare a cash count sheet for ABC Company as of January 4, 2022.
(B) Prepare all the necessary audit adjusting entries as a result of the foregoing.
Illustrative Problem
Requirement A:
Prepare a cash count sheet for ABC Company as of January 4, 2022.
ABC Company
Cash Count Sheet
January 4, 2022
P1,000.00 5 P5,000.00
500.00 2 1,000.00
100.00 4 400.00
20.00 3 60.00
5.00 2 10.00
CASH ITEMS
Advance or I.O.U.’s
Others
Difference, if any
Illustrative Problem
Requirement B:
Prepare all the necessary audit adjusting entries as a result of the foregoing.
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Items Amounts
The auditor should advise the entity to send a letter to all its
bankers to, directly confirm the balances to the auditor.
BANK
CONFIRMATION
BANK
RECONCILIATION
Bank Reconciliation is a schedule prepared that accounts
for the differences between cash balances per book and per
bank statement.
Under this method, the book balance is reconciled with the bank balance or the
book balance is adjusted to equal the bank balance.
02 Bank to Book Method
Under this method, the bank balance is reconciled with the book balance or the
bank statement is adjusted to equal the book balance.
03 Adjusted Balance Method
Under this method, the book balance and the bank balance are brought to the
correct cash balance that must appear on the statement of financial position.
03 Adjusted Balance Method
Credit Memos
These are collections or deposits made by the bank to the account of
the company but not yet recorded by the entity
Debit Memos
These are charges and deductions made by the bank to the account of
the entity but not yet recorded by the entity.
Deposits in Transit
These are deposits already recorded in the cash books in one period
but were taken up by the bank only on the next period.
Outstanding Checks
These are checks written and released to the payees and are already
recorded in the cash book but are not yet presented for encashment or
deposit to the bank.
Errors made by the company or the bank that must be for the
reconciliation to balance.
Overstatement of Cash Receipts Deduct from the unadjusted cash in bank balance
Understatement of Cash Disbursements Deduct from the unadjusted cash in bank balance
On October 31, of the current year, the bank statement for the checking account of
ABC Company shows a balance of P126,300, while the company’s records show a
balance of P123,310. Information that might be useful in preparing a bank
reconciliation is as follows:
Bank Book
a. Outstanding checks are 14,300 which includes a certified check for 2,000.
Bank Book
Note: Certified checks are checks that the bank already certified as having sufficiency of funds and thus technically are no longer
outstanding checks.
Illustrative Problem
b. The October 31 cash receipts of 7,850 are not deposited in the bank until
November 2
Bank Book
c. One check written in payment of utilities for 1,370 is correctly recorded by the
bank but recorded by the company as a disbursement of 1,730.
Bank Book
d. In accordance with prior authorization, the bank debited 6,500 directly from the
checking account as payment of interest amounting to 500 and the principal
amounting to 6,000. ABC Company has not yet recorded the direct withdrawal.
Bank Book
Bank Book
f. A deposit of 5,670 is recorded by the bank on October 31, but it did not belong to
ABC Company. the deposit should have been made to the checking account of AVC
Company, a separate company.
Bank Book
g. The bank statement includes a charge of 750 for an NSF. The check is returned
with the bank statement and the company will seek payment from the customer.
Bank Book
Debit Memo:
Note charged by the bank & interest (P 6,500) Outstanding Check (12,300)
Total P 116,180
Current
Book Previous
Month
Receipts Disbursements
Current
Month
Unadjusted Balance XX XX XX XX
Credit Memo:
Current Month XX XX
Debit Memo:
Current
Current Month XX XX
PROOF OF CASH
Current
Current
Bank Previous
Month
Receipts Disbursements
Current
Month
Unadjusted Balance XX XX XX XX
Deposit in Transit
Current Month XX XX
Outstanding Checks
Current
Previous Current
Errors in Receipts
Month Month
Receipts Disbursements
Under Receipt
Current Month XX XX
Over Receipt
Current
Previous Current
Errors in Disbursements
Month Month
Receipts Disbursements
Under Disbursement
Over Disbursement
Whenever there is an error, the bank/book will always adjust it using an addition to either
receipts or disbursements.
Hence, if the bank/book corrects the error, the ending cash balance will always be correct
but the journey towards the ending balance is incorrect. (Receipts and disbursement are
erroneous).
BOOK & BANK ERRORS
Steps in adjusting/correcting errors in proof of cash:
February
Book Error January February
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Book Error January February
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Over Receipt in the Prior Month that Should be Corrected in the Prior Month but
Corrected in the Current Month.
February
Book Error January February
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Book Error January February
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Book Error January February
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February
Book Error January February
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Under Disbursements in the Prior Month Not Yet Corrected in the Current Month
February
Book Error January February
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Under Receipts in the Prior Month Not Yet Corrected in the Current mMonth
February
Book Error January February
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Book Error January February
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Book Error January February
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Book Error January February
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Book Error January February
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February
Book Error January February
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Over Disbursements in the Prior Month Not Yet Corrected in the Current Month.
February
Book Error January February
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Over Disbursements in the Prior Month Not Yet Corrected in the Current Month.
February
Book Error January February
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February
Book Error January February
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Over Receipt in the Prior Month and Under Receipt in the Current Month
February
Bank Error January February
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Bank Error January February
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Bank Error January February
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Bank Error January February
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Bank Error January February
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