Chapter 17
Governmental
Entities:
Introduction and
General Fund
Accounting
McGraw-Hill/Irwin
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Learning Objective 1
Understand and explain the
basic differences between
governmental and private
sector accounting.
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Overview
 Governmental entities have operating
objectives different from those of commercial
entities.
 As a result, governmental accounting is
different from accounting for commercial
enterprises.
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Overview
 Nature of governmental entities
1.
Collect resources and make expenditures to fulfil
societal needs
2.
Absence of profit motive except for some
activities
3.
Have legal authorization for their existence,
conduct revenue-raising through the power of
taxation, and have mandated expenditures they
must make to provide their services
4.
Control mechanism – Use of comprehensive
budgetary accounting
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Overview
 Nature of governmental entities
5.
Accountability for the flow of financial resources
is a chief objective
6.
Typically are required to establish separate
funds to carry out various missions; each fund is
an independent accounting and fiscal entity
7.
Many fund entities do not record fixed assets or
long-term debt in their funds
8.
An important objective of governmental
financial reporting is accountability
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History of Governmental Accounting
 History
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Before 1984, directed by the Municipal Finance
Officers Association (MFOA)
In 1934, the first statement on local
governmental accounting published
In 1968, Governmental Accounting, Auditing,
and Financial Reporting (GAAFR) was published

The GAAFR is periodically updated to include the
most recent governmental reporting standards
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History of Governmental Accounting
 History


1974 –The American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (AICPA) published an industry
audit guide, in which it stated that “except as
modified in this guide, they [GAAFR] constitute
generally accepted accounting principles”
March 1979 – The National Council on
Governmental Accounting (NCGA) issued its
Statement No. 1, “Governmental Accounting and
Financial Reporting Principles” (NCGA 1)
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History of Governmental Accounting
 History


1984 – Governmental Accounting Standards
Board (GASB) established
GASB Statement No. 1
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The GASB stated that all NCGA statements and
interpretations issued and in effect on that date were
accepted as generally accepted accounting principles
for governmental accounting
GASB Statement No. 34

Established government-wide financial statements to
be prepared on the accrual basis of accounting and an
array of fund-based financial statements
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History of Governmental Accounting
 History


The GASB continues to issue new standards to
meet the information needs of users of the
financial reports of governmental units.
Accounting for governmental entities is given
the general name of fund accounting.
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The Governmental Accounting Standards Board
(GASB)
 GASB

Created in 1984

A sister organization to the FASB

Establishes GAAP for state and local units


No authority to establish GAAP for the federal
government
Seven members—simple majority vote needed
(4 votes)
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GAAFR: “The Blue Book”
 “Governmental Accounting, Auditing,
and Financial Reporting”
 Published by the Government
Finance Officers Association (GFOA).
 Neither prescribes nor
authoritatively interprets GAAP for
governmental units.
 Provides detailed guidance (many
examples) for applying
governmental GAAP.
 Widely used by governmental units.
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Practice Quiz Question #1
Which of the following statements is correct?
a. The GASB is responsible to set standards
for governmental units and not-for-profit
entities.
b. The FASB was created in 1972 and sets
standards for governmental units.
c. The Blue Book contains financial
accounting standards for privately held
governmental agencies and companies.
d. The GASB is responsible for setting
standards for state and local governments
but not the federal government.
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Learning Objective 2
Understand and explain
major concepts of
governmental accounting.
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Major Concepts of Governmental Accounting
 Elements of a Statement of Financial Condition
1.
Assets are resources with present service capacity that
the entity presently controls.
2.
Liabilities are present obligations to sacrifice resources
that the entity has little or no discretion to avoid.
3.
A deferred outflow of resources is a consumption of net
assets that is applicable to a future reporting period.
4.
A deferred inflow of resources is an acquisition of net
assets that is applicable to a future reporting period.
5.
Net position is the residual of all other elements
presented in a statement of financial condition.
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Major Concepts of Governmental Accounting
 Elements of a the resource flows statements
1.
An outflow of resources is a consumption of net assets
that is applicable to the current reporting period
2.
An inflow of resources is an acquisition of net assets
that is applicable to the current reporting period
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Major Concepts of Governmental Accounting
 Expendability of resources versus capital
maintenance objectives
Commercial Enterprises
Government Entities
Measurement focus
The flow of all economic
resources
Changes in current financial
resources available to
provide services to the
public in accordance with the
budget
Method of
accounting
Accrual method
Modified accrual method
Balance sheet
Contains both current and
noncurrent assets and
liabilities, and the change in
retained earnings reflects
the company’s ability to
maintain its capital
investment
Reports only current assets,
current liabilities, and a fund
balance
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Practice Quiz Question #2
Which of the following statements is true?
a. Governmental units use the modified
accrual basis of accounting and focus on
the flow of all economic resources.
b. Commercial enterprises use the modified
accrual basis of accounting and focus on
the flow of all economic resources.
c. The balance sheets of governmental units
contain long-term assets and liabilities.
d. The balance sheets of commercial entities
contain a fund balance.
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Learning Objective 3
Understand and explain the
differences between the
various governmental fund
types.
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The Nature & Diversity of Governmental
Activities
 The operations of governmental entities are
classified into three categories:
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Governmental—these activities do not
resemble commercial activities.
Proprietary—these activities resemble
commercial activities. Can measure profitability
or capital maintenance.
Fiduciary—holding and managing assets owned
by others (e.g., pension assets).
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Use of Fund Accounting
 Fund Accounting

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Accounting for certain activities separately from
all other operations.
Fund definition: A fiscal and accounting entity
with a self-balancing set of accounts (like a
branch or a division of a commercial entity).
The General Fund: The main and largest
fund—records most routine transactions.
The difference between a fund’s assets and
liabilities is called:
Governmental Funds
Fund Balance
Proprietary and
Fiduciary-type Funds
Net Assets
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Major Concepts of Governmental Accounting
 Three Types of Funds

Governmental Funds
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

Proprietary Funds


Used to provide basic governmental services to the
public
Each entity creates only one general fund, but it may
create more than one of each of the other types of
funds
The objective is to recover the unit’s costs through
user charges
Fiduciary Funds
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Major Concepts : Types of Funds
 Governmental Funds


General Fund: Accounts for all activities not
required to be accounted for in another fund.
Special Revenue Fund: A clone of the General
Fund.

Capital Projects Funds

Debt Service Funds

Permanent Funds
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Major Concepts : Types of Funds
 Proprietary Funds

Enterprise Funds:

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
Provides services primarily to nongovernmental
users
Examples: City-owned utilities or recreational
facilities
Internal Service Funds:

Provides services solely to governmental
departments.
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Major Concepts : Types of Funds
 Fiduciary Funds

Trust Funds

Pension (and similar) Trust Funds

Investment Trust Funds


Private-Purpose Trust Funds (these activities
do not benefit the government unit)
Agency Funds
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Major Concepts of Governmental Accounting
Governmental Fund Types
General fund
Accounts for all financial resources except for those
accounted for in another fund. Includes transactions
for general governmental services provided by the
executive, legislative, and judicial operations of the
governmental entity.
Special revenue
fund
Accounts for the proceeds of specific revenue sources
that are restricted for specified purposes.
Capital projects
fund
Accounts for financial resources for the acquisition or
construction of major capital facilities that benefit
many citizens, such as parks and municipal buildings.
Accounts for the accumulation of resources for, and the
payment of, general long-term debt principal and
interest.
Debt service fund
Permanent fund
Accounts for resources that are restricted such that
only earnings, but not principal, may be used in support
of governmental programs that benefit the government
or its citizenry.
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Major Concepts of Governmental Accounting
Proprietary Fund Types
Enterprise fund
Internal service fund
Accounts for operations of governmental units that
charge for services provided to the general public.
Accounts for the financing of goods or services
provided by one department or agency to other
departments or agencies of the governmental unit.
Services are offered only to governmental agencies.
Fiduciary Fund Types and Similar Component Units
Pension (and other
employee benefit)
trust fund
Accounts for resources required to be held in trust
for the members and beneficiaries of pension plans,
other post-employment benefit plans, or other EBPs.
Accounts for the external portion of investment
Investment trust fund
pools reported by the sponsoring government.
Accounts for all other trust arrangements under which
Private-purpose trust the fund’s resources are to be used to benefit
fund
specific individuals, private organizations, or other
governments.
Accounts for assets held by a governmental unit in an
Agency fund
agency capacity for employees or for other
governmental units.
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Practice Quiz Question #3
The three major categories of
governmental funds are:
a. Governmental, commercial, and
proprietary.
b. Governmental, trust, and fiduciary.
c. Enterprise, proprietary, and fiduciary .
d. Governmental, proprietary, and
fiduciary.
e. Governmental Service, proprietary,
and commercial
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Learning Objective 4
Understand and explain basic
concepts for financial reporting
in governmental
accounting.
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Financial Reporting of Governmental Entities
 Governmental funds – financial
statements


Balance sheet
Statement of revenues, expenditures and
changes in fund balance
 The five governmental funds use the current
financial resources measurement focus
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Fund Accounting
 Specific General Ledger Accounts Used
defined by GASB 54:
Governmental
Funds
Fund Balance
Non-spendable
Spendable:
• Restricted
• Limited
• Assigned
• Unassigned
Proprietary and
Fiduciary-type
Funds
Net Assets
Restricted
Unrestricted
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Financial Reporting of Governmental Entities
Balance Sheet for Governmental Funds
Assets (financial resources available for current use;
presented in order of liquidity)
Total Assets
Liabilities and Fund Balances:
Liabilities (due and expected to be paid from current
financial resources; presented in order of due date)
Fund Balances
Nonspendable
Spendable:
Restricted
Limited
Assigned
Unassigned
Total Liabilities and Fund Balances
$X,XXX
$X,XXX
$ XXX
$ XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
XX
$X,XXX
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Financial Reporting of Governmental Entities
 Statement of revenues, expenditures, and
changes in fund balance

Often called the operating statement of the
governmental funds
Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance
Revenues (recognized when both measurable and available; presented
by source of revenue)
$XX,XXX
Expenditures (approved decreases in net financial resources; presented
by function and character)
X,XXX
Excess of Revenues over Expenditures
$
XXX
Other Financing Sources or Uses (other increases or decreases in net
financial resources available, such as bond issue proceeds and interfund
transfers)
XX
Special Items and Extraordinary Items
(X)
Net Change in Fund Balance
$
XX
Fund Balance—Beginning
XXX
Fund Balance—Ending (reconciles to total fund balance on balance sheet) $
XXX
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Practice Quiz Question #4
Which of the following is true?
a. The operating statements of governmental
entities focus on revenues and expenses.
b. The balance sheets of governmental entities
focus on the normal accounting equation:
Assets – Liabilities = Owner’s Equity.
c. The operating statements of governmental
entities focus on revenues and liabilities.
d. The balance sheets of governmental entities
focus a modified accounting equation:
Assets – Liabilities = Fund Balance.
e. All governmental fund balances are
spendable.
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Learning Objective 5
Understand and explain the
basic differences in the
measurement focus and basis
of accounting between
governmental and private sector
accounting.
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Measurement Focus And Basis Of Accounting
(MFBA)
 Measurement Focus

What flows to measure for operations.
 Basis of Accounting

When should transactions and events be recognized
in the financial statements.
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MFBA: Governmental Activities
 Measure flow:
Current financial resources

 Basis of Accounting:
Modified accrual basis of accounting

•
Present a Statement of Revenues and
Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance
- shows financial resources received and spent.
- shows change in net financial resources
available for spending in the near future.
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MFBA: Current Financial Resources
 Current financial resources:

Cash, property tax receivables, prepaids, and
supplies inventories.
 Claims against current financial resources:

Wages, payroll taxes, payables to vendors, and
liabilities expected to be paid in the near future
(typically within 60 days after the year-end).
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MFBA: Proprietary and Fiduciary Activities
 Measure flow:

All economic resources
 Basis of Accounting:

Accrual basis of accounting
• Present a Statement of Revenues and Expenses
- shows the change in the economic condition
• Also present a Statement of Cash Flows
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Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting
 The modified accrual basis is used in funds
that have a flow of current financial
resources measurement focus

The five governmental funds have this focus
 The accrual basis is used in funds that have a
flow of economic resources measurement
focus

Proprietary funds and fiduciary funds have this
focus
 The government-wide financial statements
are based on the accrual basis
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Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting
 Modified Accrual Basis Funds

Governmental funds

General Fund

Special Revenues Fund

Capital Projects Funds

Debt Service Funds

Permanent Funds
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Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting
 Accrual Basis Funds


Proprietary funds

Enterprise Funds

Internal Service Funds
Fiduciary funds

Trust Funds (3 types)

Agency Funds
 The two propriety funds and the three trust
funds have either a profitability or capital
maintenance orientation.
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Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting
 Modified Accrual Basis

Revenues: Recognize in period in which they
become available and measurable.
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
Available means: Collectible within the current
period or soon enough thereafter to be used to pay
current period liabilities.
Expenditures: Recognize in the accounting
period in which the liabilities are both
measurable and incurred and are payable out of
current financial resources.

One exception exists for interest on general longterm liabilities.
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Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting
 Recognition of revenue: how revenues are recognized
depends on the category
1.
Derived tax revenues, resulting from assessments on exchange
transactions


2.
The asset is recognized when the underlying transaction occurs or
resources are received, whichever comes first.
Revenue recognition depends on the accounting basis used to measure
the transaction.
Imposed nonexchange revenues, resulting from assessments on
nongovernmental entities, including individuals


The asset is recognized when the government has an enforceable legal
claim to the resources or the resources are received, whichever comes
first.
Revenue recognition is made in the period when use of the resources
for current expenditures is first permitted or required, or at the time
the asset is recorded if no time restriction on the fund’s use of the
resources exists.
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Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting
 Recognition of revenue: how revenues are recognized
depends on the category
3.
Imposed nonexchange revenues, resulting from assessments on
nongovernmental entities, including individuals


4.
5.
The asset is recognized when the government has an enforceable legal
claim to the resources or the resources are received, whichever comes
first.
Revenue recognition is made in the period when use of the resources
for current expenditures is first permitted or required, or at the time
the asset is recorded if no time restriction on the fund’s use of the
resources exists.
Government-mandated nonexchange transactions, resulting from
one governmental unit’s provision of resources to a governmental
unit at another level and the requirement that the recipient use the
resources for a specific purpose
Voluntary nonexchange transactions, resulting from legislative or
contractual agreements, other than exchanges
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Practice Quiz Question #4
The modified accrual basis of accounting:
a. recognizes revenues when earned and
expenditures when incurred.
b. recognizes revenues when they become
available and measureable and expenditures
when liabilities become measurable and
incurred.
c. recognizes revenues when earned and
expenses when incurred
d. recognizes revenues when they become
available and measureable and expenditures
when they become available and spendable.
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Learning Objective 6
Understand and explain basic
budgeting concepts in
governmental accounting.
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Budgetary Aspects of Governmental Operations
 Budgets


Used in governmental accounting to assist in
management control and to provide the legal
authority to levy taxes, collect revenue, and
make expenditures in accordance with the
budget
Types of budgets:

Operating budgets

Capital budgets
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Budgetary Aspects of Governmental Operations
 Appropriation: The statutory authorization for spending a
budgeted amount during a coming year.
 Annual Budgets for the General Fund and the Special
Revenue Funds are always recorded in the general ledger
for control purposes.

Also done for Capital Projects Funds and Debt Service Funds if
useful.
 Encumbrances: Commitments related to unperformed
(executory) contracts for goods or services.
 Special general ledger accounts are used to record
encumbrances—the purpose is to prevent spending more
than has been appropriated.
 Budget entries have no effect on reported operations.
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Introduction: Budget / Expenditure Process
1. Budget—Recorded in the books

CAPITAL LETTERS (legally binding)
2. Expenditures


Appropriation (authorization of the expenditure)
Encumbrance (set aside or reserve part of the
budgetary appropriation)

Expenditure

Disbursement
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Budgetary Aspects of Governmental Operations
 Recording the Operating Budget
Assume that at January 1, 20X1, the first day of the new fiscal period,
the city council of Barb City approves the operating budget for the
general fund, providing for $900,000 in revenue and $850,000 in
expenditures. Approval of the budget provides the legal authority to
levy the local property taxes and to appropriate resources for the
expenditures. The entry made in the general fund’s accounting records
on this date is as follows:
January 1, 20X1
(1) ESTIMATED REVENUES CONTROL
APPROPRIATIONS CONTROL
BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE—UNASSIGNED
900,000
850,000
50,000
Record general fund budget for year.
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Budgetary Aspects of Governmental Operations
 The ESTIMATED REVENUES CONTROL account is an
anticipatory asset.
 The APPROPRIATIONS CONTROL account is an
anticipatory liability.
 The excess of estimated revenues over anticipated
expenditures is the budget surplus and is recorded to
BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE—UNASSIGNED.
 Some approved budgets have budget deficits in which
expected expenditures exceed anticipated revenue.

These budgets are recorded with a debit to BUDGETARY
FUND BALANCE—UNASSIGNED.
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Example: Budget / Expenditure Process
Assume the same budget from the previous example is
approved for Angela City as of July 1, 20X1 :
 $900,000 in Revenues
 $850,000 in Appropriations
In addition, assume a particular appropriation of $15,000 is
approved for the purchase of a chipper machine, but that the
actual list price turns out to be less than anticipated. As a result,
only $14,000 is paid for the final voucher.
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Example: Budget / Expenditure Process
1. Budget
ESTIMATED REVENUES CONTROL
APPROPRIATIONS CONTROL
BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE—UNASSIGNED
900,000
850,000
50,000
2. Expenditures

Appropriation



Authorization of the expenditure (Annual Budget)
Person with authority (each expenditure authorized)
Encumbrance
ENCUMBRANCES
BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE—ASSIGNED FOR ENC.
15,000
15,000
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Example: Budget / Expenditure Process
2. Expenditures

Expenditure
BUDGETARY FUND BALANCE—ASSIGNED FOR ENC.
15,000
ENCUMBRANCES
Expenditures
15,000
14,000
Vouchers Payable

14,000
Disbursement
Vouchers Payable
Cash
14,000
14,000
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Assume that Angela City approves
the operating budget with $850,000
of expenditures on July 1, 20X1. As
of November 18, 20X1, total
expenditures to date amount to
$400,000. In addition, assume that
$30,000 of encumbrances are
currently on the books. How much
appropriating authority still
remains for the year?
Remaining
Appropriating
Ability (X)
$850,000
APPROPRIATIONS
$30,000
ENCUMBRANCES
$400,000
Expenditures
X = $850,000 – ($30,000 + $400,000) = $420,000
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Practice Quiz Question #4
Why to state and local governments record
encumbrances?
a. To ensure that the entity earns sufficient
revenues to achieve profitability.
b. To ensure that the entity does not spend more
than has been appropriated.
c. To ensure that all sub-entities within the
organization are not encumbered.
d. To ensure that the entity spends at least as
much as has been appropriated.
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Learning Objective 7
Make calculations and record
journal entries for the general
fund.
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Two methods for accounting for outstanding
encumbrances at fiscal year end
 Should governmental units honor outstanding
encumbrances from the previous year?


They are not technically required to do so.
In virtually all instances they re-budget and honor them.
 Option 1: Encumbrances lapse at year end


At year end, outstanding encumbrances are closed and an
amount is set aside in assigned fund balance.
The encumbrance is re-established at the beginning of the
new period to await the delivery of goods or services.
 Option 2: Encumbrances do not lapse at year end



At year end, outstanding encumbrances are closed and an
amount is set aside in assigned fund balance.
The encumbrance is not re-established in the new period.
The entity awaits the delivery of goods or services to
record the expenditure.
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Comparison of Accounting for Lapsing and
Nonlapsing Encumbrances at Year-End
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Two Ways to Account for Supplies Inventories
 Consumption Method



The preferred method—it parallels business practice.
The use of inventory is treated as an outflow of
resources.
The expenditure = the amount “consumed”
 Purchases Method


The acquisition of inventory is treated as an outflow of
resources (debit Expenditures or Expenses).
The expenditure = the amount “purchased”
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Two Ways to Account for Supplies Inventories
 The specific method to follow depends on the governing
unit’s policy and how inventory expenditures are included
in the budget.
 Immaterial inventories need not be shown on the balance
sheet
 If the inventory is material, it is presented as an asset on the
balance sheet.

An amount equal to the inventory also should be shown as a
reservation of the fund balance, indicating that that amount is
no longer expendable.
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Accounting for Inventories
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Inventory Example:
Baker County, Iowa purchased $6,000 of supplies inventory on
7/1/X5, the first day of the fiscal year. Assume that the
beginning inventory balance was $1,500 and that the county has
a policy of initially recording all inventory purchases as
expenditures and then adjusting the balances at the end of the
accounting period based on the actual amount of inventory on
hand per the physical count. Assume the actual inventory on
hand on 6/30/X6 is $2,500.
REQUIRED
1. Assuming the purchase method, record the initial inventory
purchase on 7/1/X5. Then, record the adjusting entry on
6/30/X6.
2. Assuming the consumption method, record the initial
inventory purchase on 7/1/X5. Then, record the adjusting
entry on 6/30/X6.
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Purchase Method
To record the purchase of $6,000 of inventory on 7/1/X5.
To adjust inventory and the non-spendable fund balance to the
actual inventory balance per the physical count on 6/30/X6.
Expenditure = Amount PURCHASED
Expenditures
Inventory
BB 1,500
Fund Balance—NS
1,500 BB
EB 2,500
2,500 BB
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Consumption Method
To record the purchase of $6,000 of inventory on 7/1/X5.
To adjust inventory balance per the physical count on 6/30/X6.
To adjust non-spendable fund balance to the actual on 6/30/X6
Expenditures
6,000
Inventory
Fund Balance—NS
BB 1,500
1,500 BB
EB 2,500
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Accounting for Expenditures
 Accounting for fixed assets


Governmental funds: Recognized as an expenditure in
the year the asset is acquired
Proprietary funds: Account for acquisitions of capital
assets in the same manner as commercial entities
 Works of art and historical treasures

For the purposes of government-wide financial
statements, governments should capitalize these assets
at their historical costs at acquisition or at their fair
values at the date of the contribution
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Accounting for Expenditures
 Long-term debt and capital leases




The governmental funds record the proceeds from a
bond issue as a debit to Cash and a credit to Bond Issue
Proceeds, an other-financing source.
Bond issue proceeds are not revenue because the bonds
must be repaid.
Bonds are not reported on the governmental funds’
balance sheets but only on the government-wide
financial statements.
Capital leases are accounted for in a manner similar to
long-term debt.
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Accounting for Expenditures
 Investments



GASB 31 established a general rule of fair market
valuation for investments held by a government entity.
Changes in the fair value of investments should be
recognized as an element of investment income in the
operating statement (or statement of activities) of each
fund.
GASB 40 requires footnote disclosures of the policies
and the profiles of the government’s investment
portfolios.
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Group Exercise:
Comprehensive General Fund Entries
The City of Cottersen, Texas is a small town with a population of
approximately 15,000. The city noted the following transactions
during fiscal 20X8.
REQUIRED
1. Prepare General Fund journal entries only for these items.
2. Prepare closing entries at 6/30/X8.
3. Prepare a Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and
Changes in Fund Balance as of 6/30/X8.
4. Provide a summary of the fund balance by category as of
6/30/X8.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
1. The Cottersen city council approved the following budget:
Estimated revenues
$820,000
Authorized expenditures (including
$65,000 reappropriated for encumbrances
outstanding at 6/30/X7 that had lapsed)
720,000
Authorized transfers out to other funds
($35,000 and $20,000)
55,000
Estimated inflow from the discontinuance of
the Auto Repair Internal Service Fund
25,000
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
2. The city levied property taxes totaling $570,000. Of this
amount, $10,000 was estimated to be uncollectible.
Collections during the year totaled $525,000, of which
$12,000 were associated with property taxes levied in the
prior year that had been declared delinquent at the end of the
prior year. All of the remaining property taxes receivable at
the beginning of the current year, totaling $5,000, were
written off as uncollectible. The net realizable amount at
6/30/X8 ($11,000) is expected to be collected within 60 days.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
2. The city levied property taxes totaling $570,000. Of this
amount, $10,000 was estimated to be uncollectible.
Collections during the year totaled $525,000, of which
$12,000 were associated with property taxes levied in the
prior year that had been declared delinquent at the end of the
prior year. All of the remaining property taxes receivable at
the beginning of the current year, totaling $5,000, were
written off as uncollectible. The net realizable amount at
6/30/X8 ($11,000) is expected to be collected within 60 days.
Property Taxes
Receivable—Delinquent
BB 17,000
Allowance for
Uncollectibles—Delinquent
NRV = 11,000
6,000 BB
12,000 Collected
Given 5,000
5,000
Write
off
5,000
1,000 Left over
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
2. The city levied property taxes totaling $570,000. Of this
amount, $10,000 was estimated to be uncollectible.
Collections during the year totaled $525,000, of which
$12,000 were associated with property taxes levied in the
prior year that had been declared delinquent at the end of the
prior year. All of the remaining property taxes receivable at
the beginning of the current year, totaling $5,000, were
written off as uncollectible. The net realizable amount at
6/30/X8 ($11,000) is expected to be collected within 60 days.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
3. The estimated revenues for the year include a $44,000
entitlement from the federal government. During the year,
the city received $50,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
4. The City’s income taxes, sales taxes, permits, licenses, and
other miscellaneous revenues totaled 225,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
5. Encumbrances outstanding at the beginning of the year
totaled $60,000. The goods and services related to these
encumbrances were received along with invoices for $58,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
5. Encumbrances outstanding at the beginning of the year
totaled $60,000. The goods and services related to these
encumbrances were received along with invoices for $58,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
6. Purchase orders and contracts totaling $380,000 were
entered into during the year. For $340,000 of this amount,
invoices that totaled $336,000 for services and goods were
received. The city generally allows encumbrances
outstanding at year-end to laps but reappropriates the
amounts in the following year to honor the encumbrances.
Of the $336,000 invoiced, $75,000 relates to the acquisition
of supplies inventory. The city uses the consumption
method for accounting for supplies.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
6. Purchase orders and contracts totaling $380,000 were
entered into during the year. For $340,000 of this amount,
invoices that totaled $336,000 for services and goods were
received. The city generally allows encumbrances
outstanding at year-end to laps but reappropriates the
amounts in the following year to honor the encumbrances.
Of the $336,000 invoiced, $75,000 relates to the acquisition
of supplies inventory. The city uses the consumption
method for accounting for supplies.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
7. Payroll and other items not involving the use of purchase
orders and contracts totaled $270,000. This amount does
not include interfund billings.
8. Cash disbursements (not including payments to other
funds) totaled $750,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
9. The Auto Repair internal service fund was discontinued as
determined by the city council at the beginning of the year.
The actual amount disbursed to the General Fund when the
fund was discontinued was $22,000.
10. A payment was made for $30,000 to the Electric Utility
Enterprise Fund to make up its operating deficit, which had
originally been estimated to be $35,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
11. A $20,000 payment was made to a Capital Projects fund to
cover a portion of street improvements (which was exactly
the amount budgeted).
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
12. The Electric Utility Enterprise fund billed the city for a total
of $28,000 for electricity used by the city and supplied by
the Electric Utility. The cash disbursements throughout the
year for periodic billings totaled $24,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
13. The City disbursed $79,000 to the City Center for the
Performing Arts Enterprise Fund as a loan. The repayment
is expected in three years.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 1 (Journal Entries)
14. A physical count of the supplies inventory at year-end
indicates that the balance decreased from $44,000 to
$41,000 during the year.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 2 (Closing Entries)
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 2 (Closing Entries)
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Group Exercise: Requirement 2 (Statement of Revenues,
Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance)
Variance
Budget
Actual
Revenues:
Property taxes ($560,000 + $1,000)
Intergovernmental entitlement
Miscellaneous
Total Revenues
Expenditures:
Excess of Revenues over Expenditures
Favorable
(Unfavorable)
$570,000)
44,000)
206,000)
$820,000)
$561,000)
50,000)
225,000)
$836,000)
$(9,000))
6,000)
19,000)
$16,000)
720,000)
$100,000)
695,000)
$141,000)
25,000)
$41,000)
$25,000)
$22,000)
$(3,000)
(35,000)
(20,000)
$(30,000)
(30,000)
(20,000)
$(28,000)
5,000)
0)
$2,000)
$70,000)
200,000)
$270,000)
$113,000)
200,000)
$313,000)
$43,000)
0)
$43,000)
Other Financing Sources (Uses):
Transfer in from Auto RepairInternal Service Fund
Transfers Out—
to Electric Utility Enterprise Fund
to Capital Projects Fund
Total Other Financing Sources (Uses)
Excess of Revenues over Expenditures
and Other Financing Uses:
Fund Balance – 7/1/X7
Fund Balance – 6/30/X8
Note:
)
The large favorable variance is attributable primarily to encumbrances of $40,000
outstanding at year-end that will be reflected as expenditures in the following year and
a decrease in supplies inventory of $3,000.
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Group Exercise:
Requirement 4 (Fund Balance Summary)
Fund Balance:
Nonspendable:
Supplies Inventory
Spendable:
Assigned for
Governmental Services
Unassigned
Total Fund Balance
$ 41,000
40,000
232,000
$313,000
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Learning Objective 8
Make calculations and record
journal entries for basic
interfund activities.
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Interfund Activities
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Overview of Accounting and Financial Reporting
for the General Fund
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Overview of Accounting and Financial Reporting
for the General Fund
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Conclusion
The End
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