EM2963 - Examining Accounts: Cash Flow Tests

‘Minus Cash� - Week 2

Cash transactions are isolated as follows

Week 2

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Ìý £ £ £
Cash brought forward, as recorded 200 Ìý Ìý
Takings as recorded Ìý Ìý Ìý
Monday 181 Ìý Ìý
Tuesday 202 Ìý Ìý
Wednesday 78 Ìý Ìý
Thursday 183 Ìý Ìý
Friday 261 Ìý Ìý
Saturday 364 1269 Ìý
Cash available (brought forward and recorded) Ìý 1469 Ìý
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cash payments as recorded Ìý Ìý Ìý
Monday: Sundries 7 Ìý Ìý
Tuesday: Windows 15 Ìý Ìý
Wednesday: Post office 6 Ìý Ìý
Thursday: Ìý Ìý Ìý
Friday: Casual wages 140 Ìý Ìý
Saturday: Own drawings 180 Ìý Ìý
Total Cash Payments (348) Ìý Ìý
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Bankings: Ìý Ìý Ìý
Wednesday: 400 Ìý Ìý
Friday: 400 Ìý Ìý
Ìý (800) Ìý Ìý
Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý
Cash carried forward (200) Ìý Ìý
Cash used (spent, banked and carried forward) Ìý 1348 Ìý
Surplus (available - less used) Ìý 121 Ìý

The net difference over the two weeks is only £20, but the ‘excess� in Week 2 cannot be carried back to cover the deficiency in Week 1, because this money ‘became available� later.