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Financial & Managerial Accounting 3rd Edition by Charles Horngren,Harrison, Walter,Suzanne Oliver

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0132962339
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Financial & Managerial Accounting 3rd Edition by Charles Horngren,Harrison, Walter,Suzanne Oliver

Edition 3ISBN: 978-0132962339
Exercise 18
Using a bank reconciliation as a control device
Lynn Cavender owns Cavender Boot City. She fears that a trusted employee has been stealing from the company. This employee receives cash from customers and also prepares the monthly bank reconciliation. To check up on the employee, Cavender prepares her own bank reconciliation, as shown. This reconciliation is both complete and accurate, based on the available data.
Using a bank reconciliation as a control device  Lynn Cavender owns Cavender Boot City. She fears that a trusted employee has been stealing from the company. This employee receives cash from customers and also prepares the monthly bank reconciliation. To check up on the employee, Cavender prepares her own bank reconciliation, as shown. This reconciliation is both complete and accurate, based on the available data.     Requirements  1. How is the preparation of a bank reconciliation considered to be a control device  2. Which side of the reconciliation shows the true cash balance  3. What is Cavender's true cash balance  4. Does it appear that the employee has stolen from the company  5. If so, how much Explain your answer.
Requirements
1. How is the preparation of a bank reconciliation considered to be a control device
2. Which side of the reconciliation shows the true cash balance
3. What is Cavender's true cash balance
4. Does it appear that the employee has stolen from the company
5. If so, how much Explain your answer.
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