A customer paid $250 using a check for purchases made in the first week of January. The bank statement received at the end of the month showed that this was an NSF check. The entry needed to adjust the company's cash balance for this reconciling item will include a:

Credit to cash for 250

Explanation:

As in the question it is given that the customer is paid for $250 for purchase made in the first week of January.

And, in the bank statement it is shown that it was a NSF check.

Now the adjusting the company cash balance for reconciling the item would include a credit for cash for $250 so that the balance should be equaled