Accounting For Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
18th Edition
ISBN: 9781259917059
Author: RECK, Jacqueline L., Lowensohn, Suzanne L., NEELY, Daniel G.
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Chapter 4, Problem 17.9EP
Carroll City levies $200,000 of property taxes for its current fiscal year. One percent of the tax levy is expected to be uncollectible. The city collects $170,000 of its taxes during the year and another $25,000 during the first two months of the following year. In addition, the city collected $3,000 of prior year taxes during the first two months of the current fiscal year and another $2,000 during the remainder of the current fiscal year. What amount of property tax revenues should the city report in the government-wide financial statements for the current fiscal year?
- a. $200,000
- b. $198,000
- c. $197,000
- d. $195,000
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Accounting For Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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