This section is from the book "Bookkeeping: Banking", by George W. Miner. Also available from Amazon: Bookkeeping: banking.
Resources | |||||
Cash | 305107 | 32 | |||
Bills and Coin | 243700 | 37 | |||
55166 | 50 | ||||
Cash Items (City and Foreign) | 6240 | 45 | |||
Bills Receivable | 412950 | 40 | |||
Bills Discounted | 405750 | 40 | |||
Protested Paper | 7200 | ||||
Stocks and Bonds | 259500 | ||||
U.S. Bonds with U.S. Treasurer (per inventory) | 150000 | ||||
Premium on U.S. Bonds | 6000 | ||||
Other Stocks and Bonds (per inventory) | 103500 | ||||
Properties | 22700 | ||||
Real Estate (per inventory) | 17500 | ||||
Fixtures (per inventory) | 5200 | ||||
Out-of-Town Banks, Dr. | 22940 | 60 | |||
Due from Reserve Agents | 100000 | ||||
United States Treasurer | 8500 | ||||
5% Redemption Fund | 7500 | ||||
Due from U.S. Treasurer | 1000 | ||||
Overdrafts | 620 | 40 | |||
1132318 | 72 |
Losses | ||||
Current Expenses | 5700 | 93 | ||
Salaries, due and paid | 4500 | |||
Taxes, due and paid | 960 | |||
Incidental Expenses, total paid | 240 | 93 | ||
Depreciation | G50 | |||
Furniture and Fixtures | 150 | |||
Real Estate | 500 | |||
Dividends, 4% of Capital Stock | 16000 | |||
Surplus Fund, 10% of Net Gain | 2415 | 02 | ||
Undivided Profits, balance of Net Gain | 5735 | 14 | ||
30501 | 09 |
Boston, Mass., March 3, 19-
Liabilities | ||||
Capital Stock | 400000 | |||
Surplus Fund | 93530 | 16 | ||
Undivided Profits | 9250 | 60 | ||
Circulation | 150000 | |||
Out-of-Town Banks, Cr. | 12650 | 90 | ||
Deposits | 442596 | 90 | ||
4050 | 90 | |||
Certificates of Deposit | 17500 | |||
Certified Checks | 19295 | 60 | ||
Individual Deposits | 401750 | 40 | ||
Protest Fees | 140 | |||
Undivided Profits (Net Gain) | 24150 | 16 | ||
1132318 | 72 |
Boston, Mass., March. 3, 19-
Gains | ||||
Revenue Receipts | 29501 | 09 | ||
Interest and Discount, net amount earned | 16500 | 69 | ||
Collection and Exchange, net amount earned | 12500 | 40 | ||
Interest (per inventory), due on U.S. Bonds | 500 | |||
Stocks and Bonds, increase in value | 1000 | |||
30501 | 09 |
Hand your statement of resources and liabilities to your instructor for approval.
Statement of Losses and Gains - Preparatory to declaring dividends and closing the ledger make a statement of losses and gains. Before proceeding with this statement carefully study the form given on pages 78 and 79. The net gain will be divided as follows: To Dividend account, 4% of the capital stock; to Surplus Fund, 10% of the net gain; to Undivided Profits, the balance of the net gain.
Hand your statement of losses and gains to your instructor for approval.
Closing the Ledger. - When a bank employs the form of ledger used in this set, the loss and gain accounts should be closed by journal entries.
To take the gains out of the several gain accounts and carry them to the Loss and Gain account, an entry similar to the following should be made in the journal.
Interest and Discount | Net amount earned | 16500 | 69 | ||
Collection and Exchange | Net amount earned | 12500 | 40 | ||
Stocks and Bonds | Increase in value | 1000 | |||
Interest | Due on U.S. bonds | 500 | |||
To Loss and Gain | Total gains | 30501 | 09 |
To take the losses out of the several loss accounts and carry them to the Loss and Gain account, an entry similar to the following should be made in the journal.
Loss and Gain | Total losses | 6350 | 93 | ||
To Expense | Incidental expenses | 240 | 93 | ||
Salaries | Due and paid | 4500 | |||
Taxes | Due and paid | 960 | |||
Real Estate | Depreciation | 500 | |||
Furniture and Fixtures | Depreciation | 150 |
To close the Loss and Gain account, an entry similar to the following should be made in the journal.
Loss and Gain | Net gain | 24150 | 16 | |||
To Dividends | 4 % of capital stock | 16000 | ||||
Surplus Fund | 10% of net gain | 2415 | 02 | |||
Undivided Profits | Balance of net gain | 5735 | 14 |
After making the necessary entries to close the loss and gain accounts post them to the general balance ledger.
Dividends are usually paid by cashier's checks. Dividend account is debited and Cashier's Checks account is credited when dividends are paid. You will omit the dividend checks, as no list of stockholders has been given.
Extend the new balances in the general balance ledger.
Prove the general balance ledger.
Prove the correctness of the out-of-town banks ledger by an abstract similar to the following.
Abstract of Out-of-Town Banks Ledger, March 3, 19___
1 | Union Bank, Troy | 906 | |||
2 | Traders National Bank, Buffalo | 7200 | 50 | ||
3 | Chemical National Bank, New York | 31250 | 50 | ||
4 | Merchants Bank, Philadelphia | 2692 | 50 | ||
5 | Mechanics National Bank, Baltimore | 1790 | 50 | ||
6 | City Bank, Providence | 1200 | |||
3- | Balance as per Out-of- Town Banks in G. B. L. | 40828 | |||
42934 | 42934 |
See if Deposits account in the general balance ledger agrees with the individual ledger.
Prove the discount tickler. The total of the unpaid notes shown in the discount tickler should equal the balance of Bills Discounted account in the general balance ledger.
Present all your books to your instructor for examination.
 
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