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What are the three major types of funds in governmental accounting?

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Governmental, Proprietary, Fiduciary

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Which two accounting bases are used in governmental accounting?

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Accrual basis - current economic resources focus (revenues recognized when earned)

Modified accrual basis - current financial resources focus (revenues recognized when available and measurable)

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What is a budget appropriation?

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The highest amount allowed for a particular expenditure under a budget.

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What is an encumbrance?

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Records purchase and reserves it for the encumbrance.

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What is the opening budgetary entry?

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Dr Estimated Revenues Control
Cr Appropriations Control
Dr/Cr Budgetary Fund Balance (plug)

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What is the closing budgetary entry?

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Dr Appropriations Control
Dr/Cr Budgetary Fund Balance (plug)
Cr Estimated Revenues Control

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What are the types of governmental funds?

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General Fund
Special Revenue Fund
Permanent Fund
Capital Projects Fund
Debt Service Fund

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What is a General Fund?

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The operating fund of the governmental unit

Records Significant Revenues: Taxes; Tickets; Fines; Licenses

Records Significant Expenditures: Police; Education; Fire Dept

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What is a Special Revenue Fund?

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Restricted for a specific purpose such as street repair.

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What is a Permanent Fund?

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Legally restricted fund; where only earnings can be used to fund programs.

Principal remains intact.

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What is a Capital Projects Fund?

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Used to acquire and build facilities.

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What is a Debt Service Fund?

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Handles repayment of long-term debt and related interest.

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Which fund statements are issued in Governmental Accounting?

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Balance Sheet

Statement of Revenues; Expenditures; and Changes in Fund Balance

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When is Revenue recorded in Governmental Accounting?

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When it is BOTH available and measurable; regardless of when it is spent.

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What is Derived Tax Revenue?

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Money collected from people doing things:

Sales tax (buying cars) or income tax (people working)

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What is Imposed Tax Revenue?

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Tax assessed just because things exist

Example: property tax on a car (even if it’s never driven); real estate tax

Recorded as a revenue when BUDGETED.

Estimated uncollectible property tax revenues don’t offset revenues; so don’t net them.

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What are the types of Proprietary Funds?

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Internal Service Funds - to serve the needs of other governmental units (i.e. motor pool)

Enterprise Funds - provide goods or services to external users (i.e. post office)

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What are the Fund Balance Types?

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Restricted - Restricted by Contributor
Committed - Restricted by Government
Assigned - Intended for a purpose
Unassigned - Available to be spent
Non-spendable - Not in a spendable state

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What are the types of Fiduciary Funds?

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Agency Fund - government acts as an agent or custodian

Pension Trust Fund - Government is a trustee for a pension plan

Investment Trust Fund - Government is a trustee over a series of investments

Private Purpose Trust - Trust that benefits various individuals and entities

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How are Assets & Liabilities presented on the Statement of Net Position?

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Assets (Current & Non-Current)
Deferred Outflows of Resources
Liabilities (Current & Non-Current)
Deferred Inflows of Resources

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How are Capital Assets shown on a governmental Statement of Net Assets?

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They are shown net of debt

Asset Cost - Accumulated Depreciation - Asset Liabilities : Net Assets

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How is infrastructure reported on a governmental Statement of Net Assets?

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Modified approach:

Reported at cost; no accumulated depreciation

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How is a Statement of Net Assets divided?

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Into Governmental Activities and Business Activities

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How are activities presented in a Statement of Activities?

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They are divided by function

If the activities of a component are distinguishable from the rest of the governmental entity; then discreet presentation is required

If the activities of the component cannot be identified and separated from the rest of the governmental activities; then blended presentation is warranted.

Component units are reported in the Entity-Wide Financial Statements and not the Fund Financial Statements.

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What is the primary objective of governmental accounting?
To provide information that is useful and benefits a wide range of users including: Costs of services provided Sufficiency of revenues to cover costs Financial position of entity
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What Financial Statements are required for Defined Benefit Pension plans?
Statement of Fiduciary Net Position and Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position
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What are the components of the Statement of Fiduciary Net Position for Defined Benefit Pension Plans?
Assets; Deferred Outfows; Liabilities; Deferred Outflows; Fiduciary Net Position
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What are the components of the Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position for Defined Benefit Pension plans?
Additions (Contributions and Net Investment Income) - Deductions (Benefits Payments and Admin Expense) : Net Change in Fiduciary Net Position
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What should be included in the Financial Statement notes for Defined Benefit Pension Plans?
Types of Benefits; Plan Member Classes; Board Information; Investment Policies and FV Determination
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how many types of funds in Governmental Accounting?
1) governmental 2) Proprietary 3) Fiduciary
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methods of accounting in Governmental Accounting?
1) Modified accrual accounting **Most funds are using this method*** 2) accural accounting
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what is modified Accrual Accounting?
- Focus of financial reporting is financial position & flow of resources - revenues are recognized when they become AVAILABLE & MEASURABLE -Expenditures are recorded when goods or services are obtained Expenditures classified by OBJECT, FUNCTION, OR CHARACTER
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what is CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Report)?
CAFR has 5 components: 1) management discussion & analysis MD&A (presented before financial statements) - government wide financial statements GWFS - fund financial statements - notes to financial statements - required supplementary information -presented after financial statements and notes
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What is a component unit?
it is a legally separate organization for which the elected officials of a primary government are financially accountable.
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What is MD&A?
Management Discussion & Analysis introduces basic financial statements and provided analytical overview of government's financial activities. -comparison of CY to LY overall financial position and operations, balances and truncations in individual funds, budget variances -facts, decisions, or conditions
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What is Government Wide Financial Statements?
1) Statement of Net Position | 2) Statement of Activities
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what is the Characteristics of Government Wide Financial Statements?
- Derived Tax Revenue - Imposed non-exchange revenus - Government mandated non-exchange transactions - voluntary non-exhange transactions
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What is Derived Tax Revenue?
imposed on exchange transactions recognized as asset &revenues when exchange occurs
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what is imposed non exchange revenues?
Imposed on non government agencies recognized as asset when government has enforceable claim & as revenue when use the resources required or permitted.
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what is government mandated non exchange transactions?
it provided by one level of government for another recognized as asset and revenue (or liability & expense) when all eligibility requirements met
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what is voluntary non exchange transactions
it recognized similarly to government mandated non exchange truncations
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what is in Statement of Net Position (under government wide financial statements) ?
3 categories of net position: 1) net assets invested in capital assets, met of related debt: all capital assets, restricted assets, net of depreciation and reduced by related debt 2) Restricted net position 3) unrestricted net position.
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how to cal net position?
Assets + Deferred Outflows of Resources - Liabilities - Deferred inflows of Resources = NET POSITION.
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What is Statement of Activities?
self financing activities distinguished from those drawing from general revenues - net expense or revenue - relative burden
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what is included in Governmental funds?
1) General fund 2) Special revenue funds 3) Capital Projects funds 4) Debt service funds 5) Permanent funds
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what is included in proprietary funds?
1) enterprise funds | 2) internal service funds
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what is included in fiduciary funds?
1) Pension and other employee benefit trust funds 2) Investment trust funds 3) Private purpose trust funds 4) Agency funds
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what are the fund structure for governments?
1) governmental funds 2) Proprietary funds 3) fiduciary funds
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what are the funds in Proprietary funds?
there are 2 types (SE) 1) internal SERVICE Funds 2) enterprise funds
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what is fiduciary funds
are presented individually as fund clinical statements, they are: 1)
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what is governmental funds?
GRAsPP: 1) General funds 2) special Revenue funds 3) debt service fun.... 4) capital Projects funds 5) Permanent ENT ***Current financial Resource***
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what is proprietary funds ?
``` SE 1) internal Service fund 2) Enterprise funds FUll accural accounting (basis of accounting) economic resources measurement focus ```
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what is fiduciary (trust) funds?``
``` ***FUll Accural*** PAPI 1) Pension (and other employee 2) Agency Trust Funds 3) Private Purpose Trust Funds 4) Investment Trust funds ```
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Governmental funds are "MAC- GRaSPP
Modified Accrual Accounting Current financial resources measurement focus GRaSPP
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Proprietary and Fiduciary funds have "SPACE"
``` SE PAPI Accural accounting Carry fixed asset and long term debt Economic resource measurement focus ```

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