Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133799569
Author: Robert J. Freeman, Craig D. Shoulders, Dwayne N. McSwain, Robert B. Scott
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 3, Problem 2.4E
Which of the following GAAP requirements for budgetary reporting is true?
- a. Original and final budget amounts are required for the General Fund only.
- b. Original and final budget amounts are required for the General Fund and major Special Revenue Funds only.
- c. Original and final
budget variance amounts are required only for those funds that adopt an annual budget. - d. Final budget amounts only are required for all governmental and proprietary funds.
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