A company wants to decrease its $200 petty cash fund to $175. The entry to reduce the fund is: Multiple Choice 1. Debit Cash Over and Short for $25; credit Petty Cash $25. 2. Debit to Cash $25; credit Petty Cash $25. 3. Debit Miscellaneous Expenses $25; credit Cash $25. 4. Debit Petty Cash for $175; debit Cash Over and Short $25; credit Cash $200. 5. Debit Petty Cash $25; credit Cash $25.

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Annika Wilson

10 October, 10:24

A company wants to decrease its $200 petty cash fund to $175. The entry to reduce the fund is: Multiple Choice 1. Debit Cash Over and Short for $25; credit Petty Cash $25. 2. Debit to Cash $25; credit Petty Cash $25. 3. Debit Miscellaneous Expenses $25; credit Cash $25. 4. Debit Petty Cash for $175; debit Cash Over and Short $25; credit Cash $200. 5. Debit Petty Cash $25; credit Cash $25.

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Aspen Pittman · Answer 1

2. Debit to Cash $25; credit Petty Cash $25

Explanation:

The journal entry for decrease its petty cash fund is shown below:

Cash Dr $25

To Petty cash $25

(Being the petty cash fund decrements is recorded)

The computation is shown below:

= $200 - $175

= $200

We simply debited the cash account and credited the petty cash account for $25 so that the proper posting could be done