FAR 2 Flashcards
The fundamental qualitative characteristics of useful financial information are
Relevance & faithful representation
Comparability of government financial reports
Differences between financial repost should be due to substantive differences in underlying transactions or the governmental structure
The process of reporting an item in the financial statements of an entity is
Recognition
IASB two underlying assumptions
Going concern
Accrual accounting
FASB fundamental assumptions
Monetary unit
Historical cost
Periodicity
The cumulative effect of a change is accounting principle is shown as
An adjustment to beginning retained earnings
Budgetary activity JE
Estimated Revenue control
Appropriations control
Budgetary control
Actual activity JE Govt
Principal payment on debt
Debt service- principal expenditure xx
Cash. Xx
New debt proceeds are recorded as other financing resources, a resource inflow
Cash. Xxx
Other financing sources– debt proceeds. Xxx
Property tax GE (no bad debt expenditure)
Property tax receivable–current xx
Allowance for in collectible taxes-current. Xx
Property tax renenue。 xx
Encumbrance activity
Encumbrances. Xxx
Budgetary control. Xxx
Budgetary control. Xxx
Encumbrances. Xxx
Expenditure. Xxx
Vouchers payable. Xxx
Inventory of supplies govt JE
The purchase method
Expenditures 5000
Vouchers payable. 5000
Inventory of supply 1000
Non- spendable Fund balance inventory. 1000
The consumption method govt JE for inventory
Inventory of supply. 5000
Vouchers payable. 5000
Expenditures. 4000
Inventory of supply. 4000
Fund balance classifications
Non-spendable (permanent fund principal)
Restricted
Committed
Assigned
Unassigned positive& negative if over expenditure
Government-wide statement of net position
Assets
deferred outflows of resource (consumption of net assets)
-
Liabilities
Deferred inflows of resources (acquisition of net asset)
=
Net position