Waupaca Company establishes a $330 petty cash fund on September 9. On September 30, the fund shows $53 in cash along with receipts for the following expenditures: transportation-in, $57; postage expenses, $66; and miscellaneous expenses, $147. The petty cashier could not account for a $7 shortage in the fund. The company uses the perpetual system in accounting for merchandise inventory. Prepare (1) the September 9 entry to establish the fund, (2) the September 30 entry to reimburse the fund, and (3) an October 1 entry to increase the fund to $380.

The journal entries are given below:

Explanation:

The journal entries are as follows

1. On September 9

Petty cash A/c Dr $330

          To Cash A/c 330

(Being the establishment of petty cash is recorded)

2. On September 30

Transportation-in $57

Postage expenses $66

Miscellaneous expenses $147

Cash over and short $7

                 To Cash $277

(Being the replenishment of petty cash fund is recorded)

3. On October 1

Petty cash$50       ($380, - $330)

            To Cash  $50

(Being petty cash amount increased)  

1   all nations face the problem of scarcity because there are limited resources and unlimited wants. nations do not have enough factors of production to produce everything that their population wants. entrepreneurial resources initiate businesses to make new goods and services; labor resources produce goods and services.

2 there are four factors of production: natural resources, labor resources, capital resources, and entrepreneurial resources. natural resources are raw materials from nature that are used to produce goods. trees, water, and grains are natural resources. some natural resources, such as wheat and cattle, are renewable

3 wants

things that you do not need to have in order to survive, but would like to have

needs

things that you must have in order to survive

goods

physical products

services

tasks that a business perform for customers

resources

items that people can use to make or obtain what they need or want

determine

to settle or decide by choice of alternatives or possiblities

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