Advanced Financial Accounting
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Author: Christensen, Theodore E., COTTRELL, David M., Budd, Cassy
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.18.3P
To determine
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General fund: It accounts for all financial resources except for those accounted for in another fund. It includes transactions for general governmental services provided by the entity’s executive, legislative, and judicial operations. The accounting for the general fund includes accounting for the inter-fund activities on the general fund’s operating statement, the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance.
The treatment of appropriations in the adopted budget for general fund.
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Following are extracts from a city's General Fund balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance.
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The following transactions occurred during the 2020 fiscal year for the City of Evergreen. For budgetary purposes, the city reports encumbrances in the Expenditures section of its budgetary comparison schedule for the General Fund but excludes expenditures chargeable to a prior year’s appropriation.
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Taxes
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Licenses and permits
372,000
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Miscellaneous
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Advanced Financial Accounting
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