Bank Reconciliation Statement

the business firm is discounted with the bank is dishonoured on the date of maturity, the same is debited to customer’s account by the bank. As this information is not available to the firm immediately, there will be no entry in the firm’s cash book regarding the above items. This will be known to the firm when it receives a statement from the bank. As a result, the balance as per the passbook would be less than the cash book balance.

Sometimes the difference between the two balances may be accounted for by an error on the part of the bank or an error in the cash book of the business. This causes difference between the bank balance shown by the cash book and the balance shown by the bank statement. . .

(a) Errors committed in recording transaction by the firm Omission or wrong recording of transactions relating to cheques issued, cheques deposited and wrong totalling, etc. committed by the firm while recording entries in the cash book cause difference between cash book and passbook balance. . .

(b) Errors committed in recording transactions by the bank Omission or wrong recording of transactions relating to cheques deposited