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Preface | |
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Introduction to Accounting and Financial Reporting for Governmental and Not-For-Profit Organizations | |
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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles | |
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Sources of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles | |
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Definition of Government | |
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Objectives of Accounting and Financial Reporting | |
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Objectives of Accounting and Financial Reporting for the Federal Government | |
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Objectives of Financial Reporting by Not-for-Profit Entities | |
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Objectives of Accounting and Financial Reporting for State and Local Governmental Units | |
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State and Local Government Financial Reporting | |
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Comprehensive Annual Financial Report | |
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Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting | |
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Fund Structure for State and Local Government Accounting and Reporting | |
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Number of Funds Required | |
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Budgetary Accounting | |
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Overview of Financial Reporting for State and Local Governments | |
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The Governmental Reporting Entity | |
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Reporting by Major Funds | |
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Overview of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) | |
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Introductory Section | |
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Financial Section: Auditor's Report | |
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Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A) | |
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Statement of Net Assets | |
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Government-wide Statement of Activities | |
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Governmental Funds: Balance Sheet | |
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Governmental Funds: Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balance | |
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Proprietary Funds: Statement of Net Assets | |
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Proprietary Funds: Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Fund Net Assets | |
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Proprietary Funds: Statement of Cash Flows | |
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Fiduciary: Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets | |
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Fiduciary: Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets | |
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Notes to the Financial Statements | |
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Required Supplementary Information Other Than MD&A | |
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Combining Statements | |
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Statistical Information | |
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Special-Purpose Governments | |
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Public Colleges and Universities | |
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Other Governmental Not-For-Profit Organizations | |
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Modified Accrual Accounting: Including the Role of Fund Balances and Budgetary Authority | |
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Modified Accrual Accounts | |
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Balance Sheet Accounts | |
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Financial Statement Activity Accounts | |
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Budgetary Accounts | |
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Expenditure Cycle | |
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Revenue Recognition for Nonexchange Transactions | |
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Summary | |
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Appendix: Budgetary Accounting Illustrated | |
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Budgets and Budgetary Accounts | |
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Recording the Budget | |
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Accounting for Revenues | |
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Accounting for Encumbrances and Expenditures | |
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Budget Revisions | |
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Budgetary Comparison Schedule | |
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Classification of Estimated Revenues and Revenues | |
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Classification of Appropriations and Expenditures | |
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Accounting for the General and Special Revenue Funds | |
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Overview of Modified Accrual Accounting | |
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Interfund Transactions | |
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Interfund Loans | |
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Interfund Services Provided and Used | |
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Interfund Transfers | |
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Interfund Reimbursements | |
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Illustrative Case-General Fund | |
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Use of Budgetary Accounts | |
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Recording the Budget | |
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Re-establishment of Encumbrances | |
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Recording Prior-Year Property Taxes as Revenues | |
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Tax Anticipation Notes Payable | |
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Payment of Liabilities as Recorded | |
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Encumbrance Entry | |
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Recording Property Tax Levy | |
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Collection of Delinquent Taxes | |
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Collection of Current Taxes | |
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Other Revenues | |
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Repayment of Tax Anticipation Notes | |
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Recognition of Expenditures for Encumbered Items | |
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Payrolls and Payroll Taxes | |
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Payment on Account and Other Items | |
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Correction of Errors | |
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Amendment of the Budget | |
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Interfund Transactions | |
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Write-off of Uncollectible Delinquent Taxes | |
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Reclassification of Current Taxes | |
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Accrual of Interest and Penalties | |
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Deferral of Property Tax Revenue | |
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Special Item | |
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Preclosing Trial Balance | |
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Closing Entries | |
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Year-End Financial Statements | |
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Illustrative Case-Special Revenue Fund | |
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Motor Fuel Tax Revenues | |
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Expenditures for Road Repairs | |
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Reimbursement to General Fund | |
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Reimbursement Grant Accounting | |
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Closing Entry | |
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Year-End Financial Statements | |
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Recognition of Inventories in Governmental Funds | |
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Summary | |
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Accounting for Other Governmental Fund Types: Capital Projects, Debt Service, and Permanent | |
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Capital Projects Funds | |
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Illustrative Case | |
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Other Issues Involving Acquisition of Capital Assets | |
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Acquisition of General Fixed Assets by Lease Agreements | |
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Construction of General Fixed Assets Financed by Special Assessment Debt | |
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Debt Service Funds | |
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The Modified Accrual Basis-As Applied to Debt Service Funds | |
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Additional Uses of Debt Service Funds | |
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Debt Service Accounting for Serial Bonds | |
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Illustrative Case-Regular Serial Bonds | |
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Other Issues Involving Payment of Long-Term Debt | |
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Debt Service Accounting for Deferred Serial Bonds | |
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Debt Service Accounting for Term Bonds | |
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Debt Service Accounting for Capital Lease Payments | |
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Bond Refundings | |
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Permanent Funds | |
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Financial Reporting for Governmental Funds | |
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Balance Sheet-Governmental Funds | |
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Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances-Governmental Funds | |
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Summary | |
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Proprietary Funds | |
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Internal Service Funds | |
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Establishment and Operation of Internal Service Funds | |
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Illustrative Case-Supplies Fund | |
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Other Issues Involving Internal Service Funds | |
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Risk Management Activities | |
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Implications for Other Funds | |
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Enterprise Funds | |
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Illustrative Case-Water Utility Fund | |
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Proprietary Fund Financial Statements | |
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Statement of Net Assets | |
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Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Fund Net Assets | |
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Statement of Cash Flows | |
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Accounting for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
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Pollution Remediation Costs | |
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Summary | |
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Fiduciary (Trust) Funds | |
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Agency Funds | |
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Tax Agency Funds | |
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Accounting for Tax Agency Funds | |
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Financial Reporting for Agency Funds | |
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Private-Purpose Trust Funds | |
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Accounting for Investments | |
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Illustrative Case-Private-Purpose Trust Funds | |
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A Note about Escheat Property | |
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Investment Trust Funds | |
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Public Employee Retirement Systems (Pension Trust Funds) | |
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Accounting and Reporting for Defined Benefit Pension Plans | |
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A Note about Other Postemployment Benefits | |
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Summary of Employer Reporting | |
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A Note about IRS 457 Deferred Compensation Plans | |
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A Final Comment on Fund Accounting and Reporting | |
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Government-Wide Statements, Capital Assets, Long-Term Debt | |
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Conversion from Fund Financial Records to Government-wide Financial Statements | |
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Capital Asset-Related Entries | |
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Long-Term Debt-Related Entries | |
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Adjusting to Convert Revenue Recognition to the Accrual Basis | |
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Adjusting Expenses to the Accrual Basis | |
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Adding Internal Service Funds to Governmental Activities | |
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Eliminating Interfund Activities and Balances within Governmental Activities | |
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Worksheet to Illustrate the Adjustments | |
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Government-wide Financial Statements | |
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Statement of Net Assets | |
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Statement of Activities | |
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Required Reconciliation to Government-wide Statements | |
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Summary | |
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Appendix: Accounting for Capital Assets and Long-Term Debt in Governmental Activities | |
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Accounting for General Capital Assets, Including Infrastructure | |
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The Modified Approach for Reporting Infrastructure | |
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Collections | |
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Asset Impairment | |
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Accounting for Long-Term Debt | |
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Types of General Long-Term Debt | |
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Debt Disclosures and Schedules | |
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Accounting for Special-Purpose Entities, Including Public Colleges and Universities | |
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GASB Statement 34 Reporting Rules for Special-Purpose Entities | |
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Reporting by Special-Purpose Local Governments Engaged in Governmental Activities | |
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Reporting by Special-Purpose Local Governments Engaged Only in Business-type Activities | |
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Reporting by Special-Purpose Local Governments Engaged Only in Fiduciary-type Activities | |
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Accounting and Financial Reporting for Public Colleges and Universities | |
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The Environment of Public Higher Education | |
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Accounting and Financial Reporting for Public Institutions of Higher Education | |
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Illustrative Case-Northern State University-Beginning Trial Balance | |
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Illustrative Case-Journal Entries | |
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Illustrative Case-Closing Entries | |
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Illustrative Case-Financial Statements | |
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Summary | |
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Accounting for Private Not-For-Profit Organizations | |
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Organizations Covered in this Chapter | |
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Overview of Not-For-Profit Accounting | |
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Three Classes of Net Assets | |
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Financial Reporting | |
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Note Disclosures | |
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Accounting for Contributions, Including Reclassifications of Net Assets | |
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Reporting of Expenses and Assets | |
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Special Topics: Accounting for Contributions | |
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Illustrative Transactions and Financial Statements | |
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Beginning Trial Balance | |
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Transactions | |
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Financial Statements | |
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Alternative Procedure for Recording Fixed Assets | |
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Performance Evaluation | |
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Mergers and Acquisitions | |
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Summary of Not-For-Profit Accounting and Reporting | |
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College and University Accounting-Private Institutions | |
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Overview of Private College and University Accounting | |
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Financial Statements | |
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Net Asset Classification | |
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Revenue Reduction versus Expenses | |
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Academic Terms Encompassing More Than One Fiscal Year | |
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Expenses | |
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Other Accounting Guidance | |
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Illustrative Transactions and Financial Statements | |
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Illustrative Transactions | |
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Illustrative Financial Statements for Private Colleges and Universities | |
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Split-Interest Agreements | |
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Summary-Private College and University Reporting | |
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Accounting for Hospitals and Other Health Care Providers | |
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Accounting and Reporting Requirements of the Health Care Guide | |
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Financial Statements | |
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Revenues | |
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Classifications | |
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Illustrative Transactions and Financial Statements | |
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Beginning Trial Balance | |
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Illustrative Statements for Private Sector Not-for-Profit Health Care Entities | |
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Financial Reporting for Governmental Health Care Entities | |
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Financial Reporting for Commercial (For-Profit) Health Care Entities | |
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Summary and Conclusions Regarding Health Care Accounting and Reporting | |
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Auditing, Tax-Exempt Organizations, and Evaluating Performance | |
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Governmental Auditing | |
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The Single Audit Act and Amendments | |
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act | |
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Tax-Exempt Organizations | |
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Applying for Tax-Exempt Status | |
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Federal Filing Requirements | |
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State Filing Requirements | |
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Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) | |
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IRS Oversight | |
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Summary and Some Conclusions Related to Exempt Entities | |
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Evaluating Performance | |
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Analysis of Not-for-Profit Organization Financial Statements | |
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Analysis of State and Local Government Financial Statements | |
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Service Efforts and Accomplishments Reporting | |
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Financial Reporting by the Federal Government | |
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Federal Government Accounting Standards | |
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Financial Reporting by Federal Agencies | |
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Balance Sheet | |
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Statement of Net Cost | |
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Statement of Changes in Net Position | |
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Statement of Budgetary Resources | |
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Statement of Custodial Activity | |
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Consolidated Financial Report of the U.S. Government | |
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Budgetary and Proprietary Accounting | |
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Budgetary Accounts | |
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Proprietary Accounts | |
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Summary of Federal Government Reporting | |
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Appendix: Illustrative Example | |
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Glossary: Governmental and Not-for-Profit Accounting Terminology | |
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Index | |