Governmental Accounting Overview Flashcards
What leads to the use of fund accounting by gov’t orgs?
Financial control and legal restrictions
Why should separate fund FS be presented for governmental and proprietary funds?
To report additional and detailed info about the primary government
What fund uses the current financial resources measurement focus and modified accrual basis of accounting the their fund FS?
Governmental funds
What funds use the economic resources measurement focus and accrual basis of accounting?
Proprietary and fiduciary funds
What are included in governmental funds?
General fund
Permanent fund
Capital projects fund
Relevance
The info must bear a logical relationship with the needs for its purpose
Must be reliable
Fund
Fiscal and accounting entity with self-balancing set of accounts recording cash and other financial resources, together with all related liabilities and residual equities or balances, and changes therin
What is the measurement focus of governmental funds?
Current financial resources
What should be reported on the statement of revenues and expenditures for governmental funds?
Resources received and consumed during the period
What is the measurement focus for proprietary funds?
Net income and capital maintenance
Governmental funds
GRaSPP
General fund special Revenue fund debt Service fund capital Projects fund Permanent fund
Proprietary funds
SE
internal Service fund
Enterprise fund
Fiduciary funds
PAPI
Pension
Agency
Private purpose
Investment trust
Under what type of accounting basis are revenues recognized when they become availableand measurable?
Modified accrual basis
How should compensated absence liability be calculated?
Based upon the pay or salary rates in effect at the BS date
Restricted funds
Resources whose use has been limited by external sources such as creditors, contributors, other gov’ts, laws, constitutional provisions ro enabling legislation
What is the only fund that should show a positive amount in its unassigned fund balance classification?
General fund
Non-spendable fund balances
Resources in a form that cannot be spent (inventory) or are legally contractually required to remain whole (permanent fund principal)
Committed fund balances
Internally limited by formal action of the government’s highest level of decision-making authority
What is the paramount objective of financial reporting by state and local governments?
Accountability for the stewardship of the resources in their care
