On August 31, 2024, Claresview Company had a cash balance per its books of $26,030. The bank statement on that date showed a balance of $17,100. A comparison of the bank statement with the Cash account revealed the following.
1. The August 31 deposit of $17,050 was not included on the August bank statement.
2. The bank statement shows that Claresview received EFT deposits from customers on account totalling $2,050 in August. Claresview has not recorded any of these amounts.
3. Cheque #673 for $1,490 was outstanding on July 31. It did not clear the bank account in August. All of the cheques written in August have cleared the bank by August 31, except for cheque #710 for $2,550, and #712 for $2,480.
4. The bank statement showed on August 29 an NSF charge of $416 for a cheque issued by R. Dubai, a customer, in payment of their account. This amount included an $11 service charge by Claresview’s bank. The company’s policy is to pass on all NSF service charges to the customer.
5. Bank service charges of $25 were included on the August statement.
6. The bank recorded cheque #705 for $189 as $198. The cheque had been issued to pay for a building repair. Claresview had correctly recorded the cheque.

Instructions
a. Prepare a bank reconciliation at August 31.
b. Prepare the necessary entries required by the reconciliation on August 31.