155. You began your new job as the accountant for Morton Company. You were surprised to find that the company had a $2,000 petty cash fund, which sits in the break room. The President of the company...

155. You began your new job as the accountant for Morton Company. You were surprised to find that the company had a $2,000 petty cash fund, which sits in the break room. The President of the company told you: “Our petty cash system here works quite smoothly. Since everyone is honest here, everyone has access to the fund for incidentals that might pop up in the course of the business day. Most of these situations don’t have any receipts tied to them, so I just put the money back in the fund when my secretary tells me that we have run out and debit the amount to Miscellaneous Expense.”



Required:



(a) Should you implement some controls on petty cash? Why?

(b) If so, what controls could be used for petty cash?

156. Accompanying a bank statement for Marsh Land Properties is a credit memo for $15,475, representing the principal ($15,000) and interest ($475) on a note that had been collected by the bank. Marsh Land Properties had been notified by the bank at the time of collection, but had made no entries. Journalize the entry that should be made by Marsh Land to bring the accounting records up to date.

157. Indicate whether the following items would be added or subtracted from the company’s books or the bank statement during the construction of a bank reconciliation.