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Reconciliation: Find Which Record Is Wrong

Distinguish a confirmed bank error from an expense payment entered too large in the books.

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Review: trial balances and source records

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Correct an error on the side that contains it. A confirmed unrelated bank charge wrongly lowers the statement balance, so add it back on the bank side and request a bank correction; do not copy it into correct books. If an expense payment was entered too large, the books reduced Cash too much. Restore only the excess with a debit to Cash and a credit to the same expense.

Worked example

Separate contrast example: a payment of 70 entered as 40 leaves book Cash too high by 30, so subtract 30. Bank 300 + deposit 30 - check 20 = 310; books 344 - fee 4 - correction 30 = 310. Your case below has the opposite book-error direction: inspect its evidence.

Contrast example only: a payment of 70 entered as 40 needs 30 more expense and 30 less Cash. Bank and book adjustments each reach 310. The practice records below use a payment entered too large, which reverses the correction.
This contrast example subtracts a book correction; your new case requires the opposite direction.

Fictional design club / same closing date

All amounts are fictional dollars. Statement balance: 500; book Cash: 481. The bank confirms it wrongly deducted another customer's 20-dollar charge. Deposit in transit: 45; outstanding check: 55. Interest 4 and fee 5 are missing from the books. A separate repair payment cleared correctly for 36, but the books debited Repair Expense and credited Cash for 66. Its receipt confirms 36. These are all differences.

Question 1 What signed adjustment corrects the confirmed bank error on the bank side?
Question 2 What is the adjusted bank balance?
Question 3 What signed adjustment to book Cash corrects the repair-payment error?
Question 4 What is the adjusted book Cash balance?
Question 5 Do matching adjusted balances prove that every record is correct?