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Question - ABC Company is a newly created company and noted the following cash related transaction for the first month ended April 2020:

1. According to the bank statement received for the month of April 2020, the balance in ABC company bank account on April 30 was $11,356.69.

2. The balance in the company's Cash account in the general ledger on April 30, 2020 was $13,211.76.

3. The last deposit of the month, for $867.91, was made as a night deposit on April 30.

4. One of ABC Company customers paid its account by making an EFT from its bank into ABC company bank account in the amount of $616.09.

5. The bank subtracted a service charge of $42.00 from the company's bank account for April.

6. Cheque number 001 for $603.44, cheque number 009 for $531.00, and cheque number 010 for $78.49 were still outstanding at the end of April.

7. The bank statement showed that $750.00 was deducted from ABC Company account by the bank as payment of loan principal.

8. The bank returned a cheque from one of ABC Company customers marked NSF for $206.80 that a customer used to pay off their account.

9. The bank statement showed that cheque number 004 (which ABC Company had issued to pay for utilities expense) was recorded by the bank as $784.65, while the company incorrectly recorded this cheque as $874.65.

10. The bank deducted a cheque written by ACB Company (a different company) from ABC Company's account. The amount of the cheque was $1,907.38.

Required -

a) How do you create bank reconciliation for April 30, 2020?

b) Note the applicable journal entries to balance the cash ledger?