Tag: cash book and bank related transactions

A direct deposit is a deposit which is directly made into the bank account without recording it in the cash book. So the balance as per pass book increases as compared to the balance as per cash book. Thus, when balance as per cash book is the starting point, a direct deposit is added to arrive at the balance as per pass book.

There are three(3) ways to prepare the bank reconciliation namely:

1. Take the book balance and reconcile it to the bank balance
2. Take the bank balance and reconcile it to the book balance
3. Take the book balance and reconcile it to an adjusted cash balance, then take the bank balance and reconcile it to the adjusted cash balance

A bank reconciliation statement is a reconciliation statement between the balances of cash book (bank column) and pass book (bank statement). It is prepared by the business firm to identify and adjust the causes of differences between the two balances.

A bank reconciliation statement is prepared to reconcile the differences between the balances as per cash book (bank balance) and pass book (bank statement). It is prepared by taking any of the two balances as the base, accommodating all the causes of differences and finally arriving at the other balance. Thus it is prepared with the help of either cash book or pass book depending on whose balance we take as the base.

True. Bank reconciliation statement is prepared by the account holder / business firm/ company and not any third party or the bank as it is the responsibility of the business firm/ company to present a true and fair picture of its books of accounts to its various stakeholders.

Balance Sheet of a bank is a collation of any accounts maintained by the customers, hence pass book can never be a balance sheet neither can it be a balance. 'Mode' can be online banking or offline banking and has nothing to do with the pass book.

Numerous accounts are maintained with the bank viz., current account, savings account,recurring account, etc.

Bank reconciliation statement is a report which compares the bank balance as per company's accounting records with the balance stated in the bank statement. It is normal for a company's bank balance as per the accounting records to differ from the balance as per bank statement due to timing differences. Certain transactions are recorded by the entity that are updated in the bank's system after a certain time lag. Bank reconciliation statement is a part of cash book. The cash book and pass book/bank statement are prepared separately. The businessman prepares the cash book and the pass book is prepared by the bank.

It is generally experienced that when a comparison is made between the bank balance as shown in the firm's cash book, the two balances do not tally. Hence, to first ascertain the causes of difference thereof and then reflect them in a statement called Bank Reconciliation Statement to reconcile (tally) the two balances. Reconciliation of the cash book and the bank passbook balances amounts to an explanation of differences between them. The differences between the cash book and bank passbook is caused by:

Any entry on the credit side of the pass book implies that the asset of the account holder( the amount reflecting as his bank balance) has increased and the liability of the bank has increased simultaneously. Now, cash/cheque deposited in bank leads to increase in the bank balance of the account holder and hence would be shown on the credit side of the pass book.