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NFP Accounting Flashcards

1
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Which financial statements are required for not - for - profit organizations?

A

Statement of Financial Position

Statement of Activities

Statement of Cash Flows

Statement of Functional Expense (Volunteer Health Organizations Only)

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What are the major classifications found on a Statement of Financial Position?

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Similar to Balance Sheet:

Assets
Liabilities
Net Assets
Unrestricted Assets
Permanently Restricted Assets
Temporarily Restricted Assets

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What are the major classifications in a Statement of Activities?

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Similar to an Income Statement - organization - wide:

Revenues
Expenses - ONLY deducted from Unrestricted Revenues
Gains and Losses
Changes in Net Asset classes
Unrestricted
Permanently Restricted
Temporarily Restricted

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What are the characteristics of a Statement of Cash Flows for not - for - profits? What are the major classifications?

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Both direct and indirect methods are OK

Operating Activities - Unrestricted Revenues and Unrestricted Expenses

Investing Activities

Financing Activities - Endowments and restricted contributions

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Which organizations are required to present a Statement of Functional Expenses?

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Volunteer Health Organizations

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Which statements are required for non - governmental hospitals?

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Balance Sheet
Statement of Operations
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Statement of Cash Flows
Financial Statement Notes

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Which basis of accounting is used for revenues and net assets?

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Accrual basis of accounting is used

Only external parties can restrict the use of assets (permanent or temporary)

Assets earmarked internally by management are still classified as unrestricted

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What are the characteristics of unrestricted assets or revenue?

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No restrictions or conditions placed on entity in order to use the resources

Note: assets earmarked internally by management are still unrestricted

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When are revenues on contributions recognized?

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Revenues on contributions are recognized in the year received - not the year the contribution is spent and are recorded at Fair Value on the date received

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10
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When are services rendered considered contributions?

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If the organization would have otherwise paid for them

or

They increase the value of a non - monetary asset

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Is hospital charity care revenue?

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NO.

It is disclosed in the notes to the financial statements only.

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How are unconditional pledges to contribute recorded?

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Classified as revenue in the current year only - multi - year future contributions fall under Temporarily Restricted.

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Which revenues are expenses deducted from?

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Expenses ONLY deducted from Unrestricted Revenues - not Temporary or Permanently Restricted Revenues/Assets

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What are the characteristics of temporarily restricted assets/revenue?

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Use is restricted to a future time - which could then convert to unrestricted - Class: Temp. Restricted Revenue

Unrestricted contributions promised (including multi - year contributions) - but not yet received are actually restricted by time and are therefore classified as Temporarily Restricted Assets - Multi - year contributions are recorded at the present value of the future contributions

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15
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What are the characteristics of an endowment?

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Use of investment is restricted - but income from investment could be either restricted or unrestricted

Must be under control of receiving entity (Quasi Endowment) in order to be recorded in unrestricted net assets

Otherwise - a memo entry is recorded

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16
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When is the donation of an art collection recognized as a contribution or asset?

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Not recognized as assets or contribution revenue if they are held of display or education’ or their sale results in the purchase of similar items

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17
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When both Temporarily Restricted Assets and Unrestricted Assets are available for use - which assets are used first?

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Temporarily restricted assets are used before Unrestricted assets.

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18
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How is a refundable advance recorded by a not for profit?

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Classified as a Liability

Promise to contribute assets pending on certain conditions being met

Becomes unconditional once the possibility that it won’t happen is remote

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19
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How are investments recorded and valued in not - for - profit accounting?

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Fair Value is mostly used

Exception - Equity method used when significant influence exists

20
Q

How are scholarships recorded?

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As a reduction of revenue - netted against college’s tuition

21
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How is depreciation expense recorded by a not - for - profit?

A

Depreciation expense is allocated proportionately to various functions

22
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What is nonprofit accounting? Pg. 32-1

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It provides a service from funded contributions (donations)

23
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What are the 3 basic financial statements used by nonprofits? Pg. 32-1

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1) Statement of Financial Position (like B/S): Assets = Liabilities + NET assets
2) Statement of Activities (like I/S and R/E)
3) Statement of Cash Flows

24
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For nonprofit accounting, what are 3 accounts for the net asset section? Pg. 32-1

1) Unrestricted net assets
2) Temporarily restricted net assets
3) Permanently restricted net assets

  • Significance of permanently restricted?
  • How do you classify each net asset in the statement of cash flows
A

1) Unrestricted net assets: board of trustees designated; also includes services that you would buy (operating activity in cash flows); NO RESTRICTION what so ever!!!
2) Temporarily restricted net assets: there is a restriction, then there lapse due to time, use, or purpose => therefore, becomes unrestricted; may spend on only certain purpose; also includes promises are also included here, and unrealized gains (operating activity in cash flows)
3) Permanently restricted net assets: endowment of the arts (NFP may never spend, but can only invest earnings) (financing activity in cash flows)

*Earnings from permanently restricted will be unrestricted/temporarily restricted

25
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Not for profit: Statement of Cash Flows Pg. 32-4
*What are the activities that are included? (3)

  • Contribution revenue is what type of activity?
  • Contribution for long-term purpose is what type of activity?
A

1) Operating Activity: you can use direct/indirect; revenue, expense, interest income/expense, dividend income
2) Investing Activity: LIP => Investments & PP&E => money OUT to acquire; no loans
3) Financing Activity: how to raise money for a company
a) Money RESTRICTED to acq PP&E => money IN (different from GAAP cash flows)
b) Permanently RESTRICTED revenue

  • Operating
  • Financing
26
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What is a VHWO? Pg. 32-6

What is the equation for statement of FUNCTIONAL expense under statement of activities?

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Voluntary health and welfare organization financed by voluntary contributions from the general PUBILC (ie Red Cross, Greenpeace, and homeless shelters

Public support (donated)
+ Revenues (earned)
- PROGRAM expenses (further the mission of the organization) => expenses directly related to the program
- SUPPORT Services (secondary to the mission)
= Excess of revenue over expenses

27
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What is the statement of operations for a hospital?

Pg. 32-11

A

PP-NO-ONE

P Patient service revenue (all costs of taking care: hotel type, medical, lab)
P - Provision for contractual adjustments (no bad debt included; allowance included; medicare, employee discounts, not charity)
N = Net patient service revenues
O + Other Operating revenues gains and losses (earned, not patient service, RESTRICTED donations, and interest/dividends) => revenues and gains that represent amounts received for reasons other than performance of health care related service
O - Operating Expenses (cost of running hospital); includes bad debt
N + Non-operating revenues (unearned)
E = Excess of Rev/Exp

28
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What type of net asset is an expense?

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Unrestricted net asset

29
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Name 3 categories of net assets the statement of activities reports? Pg. 32-2

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1) Revenues / Gains: reported in FMV
2) Net assets released from restriction: Temporary restriction became unrestricted
3) Expenses: only unrestricted because it is spent

30
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What is an agent in relation to nonprofit?

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When the recipient of the funds has little or no discretion as to how funds will be used => will book as a liability

31
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  • What is a pledge? Pg. 32-8

* What is a conditional promise?

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  • An unconditional promise to give

* It is considered a “liability” until funds are matched, then a revenue

32
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For the statement of functional expenses (VHWO), what is considered support services? Pg. 32-6

A

1) G&A

2) Fund raising

33
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How should donations be recorded?

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At fair value (quoted market prices)

34
Q

When is contribution revenue reported in the statement of activities for a not-for-profit? NFP #23 & 24

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Since they are accrued, they are included when they are made net of uncollectible accounts

35
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How is any expense treated as in any not-for-profit? (What type of asset)

A

ALL expenses are treated as unrestricted net assets

36
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What type of contributed SERVICES and EQUIPMENT are recorded as revenue for not-for-profits? NFP #34, 35 WB

What type of net asset is it considered as?

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Essential services that require specialized skills, which are contributed by professionals

Unrestricted net asset, since they were going get the service anyway

37
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When does a not-for-profit recognize a donation they received for coporate stock / securitites? NFP #37

A

Fair market value at year end

38
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What is included as restricted support for a not-for-profit? NFP #19

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Temporary restricted and permanently restricted

39
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When is a net asset for not for profit accounting considered a liability and not a restricted, temporary restricted, and permanently restricted? NFP #4

A

When the money is given to an agent

40
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For any expense of a not for profit, which net asset will decrease? NFP #33

A

Unrestricted net asset

41
Q

When do you recognize a temporary resticted net asset? NFP #48

A

When the income is spent in a manner satisfying the restriction that it would be released from temporarily restricted net asset

42
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When you reclassify from temporary restricted net asset to unrestricted net asset, what is the net affect for unrestricted net asset and temporary restricted net asset? NFP Chart

A

Unrestricted net asset: NO net affect

Temporary restricted net asset: decrease

43
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What type of asset would revenue be classified as for not for profit? NFP #20

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Unrestricted net asset if there is no time lapse, or condition restricting the asset

44
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Are public universities considered NFP? NFP #22 WB

A

No since they are supported by the government

45
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What type of net asset is a quasi endowment? NFP #30 WB

A

Unrestricted net asset

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