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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On January 1, 2019, a city recorded General Fund property tax revenues of $750,000 but made no provision for uncollectible receivables or tax refunds. During the year, it collected
property taxes of $720,000, wrote off $4,000 as uncollectible, and made tax refunds of $3,000. At year-end, the city finance director concluded that $10,000 of the delinquent taxes
would be collected in January and February of 2020, $12,000 would be collected later in 2020, and $1,000 would need to be written off as uncollectible.
How much should the city report as property tax revenue in its General Fund financial statements for the year 2019?
a.713,000
b.730,000
c.720,000
d.742,000
During the current year, the City of Plattsburgh recorded the following transactions related to its property taxes:
1. Levied property taxes of $6,650,000, of which 2 percent is estimated to be uncollectible.
2. Collected current property taxes amounting to $6,015,000.
3. Collected $57,000 in delinquent taxes and $4,800 in interest and penalties on the delinquent taxes. These amounts had been
recorded as Deferred Inflows of Resources in the prior year.
4. Imposed penalties and interest in the amount of $7,200 but only expects to collect $6,200 of that amount.
5. Reclassified uncollected taxes and interest and penalties as delinquent. These amounts are not expected to be collected within the
first 60 days of the following fiscal year.
Required
a. Prepare journal entries to record the property tax transactions in the General Fund.
b. Prepare journal entries to record the property tax transactions in the governmental activities journal.
c. Determine the amount of property tax revenue…
During the current year, the town of Salo Alto recorded the following transactions related to its property taxes.
Levied property taxes of $3,300,000, of which 2% is estimated to be uncollectible.
Collected current property taxes amounting to $2,987,500.
Collected $26,500 in delinquent taxes and $2,400 in interest and penalties on the delinquent taxes. These amounts had been recorded as Deferred Inflows of Resources in the prior year.
Imposed penalties and interest in the amount of $3,750 but only expects to collect $3,100 of that amount. None is expected to be collected this year or within 30 days of year-end.
Reclassified uncollected taxes as delinquent. These amounts are not expected to be collected within the first 60 days of the following fiscal year.
Prepare the journal entry. (If no entry is required for a transaction or event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field.)
Chapter 5 Solutions
Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (11th Edition)
Ch. 5 - Prob. 1QCh. 5 - Prob. 2QCh. 5 - The term deferred revenues seems out of place in...Ch. 5 - Governments often collect cash or must record...Ch. 5 - Modified accrual basis revenue recognition is...Ch. 5 - (a) Should estimated uncollectible amounts of...Ch. 5 - (a) What are expenditure-driven intergovernmental...Ch. 5 - Prob. 8QCh. 5 - Prob. 9QCh. 5 - During the course of your audit of a city, you...
Ch. 5 - Prob. 11QCh. 5 - Prob. 1.1ECh. 5 - Prob. 1.2ECh. 5 - Prob. 1.3ECh. 5 - Prob. 1.4ECh. 5 - What would the answer be to number 4 if the city...Ch. 5 - A county received 3,000,000 from the state. Of...Ch. 5 - A Special Revenue Fund expenditure of 40,000 was...Ch. 5 - A state received an unrestricted gift of 80,000 of...Ch. 5 - Prob. 1.9ECh. 5 - Prob. 1.10ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.1ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.2ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.3ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.4ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.5ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.6ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.7ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.8ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.9ECh. 5 - Prob. 2.10ECh. 5 - Prob. 3ECh. 5 - Prob. 4ECh. 5 - a. Prepare the general journal entries to record...Ch. 5 - Prob. 6ECh. 5 - Prepare general journal entries to record the...Ch. 5 - Prob. 8ECh. 5 - The City and County of PreVatte received a state...Ch. 5 - Make all required General Fund journal entries for...Ch. 5 - The city of Asher had the following transactions,...Ch. 5 - 1. The following are the estimated revenues for a...Ch. 5 - Prob. 3PCh. 5 - Prob. 4PCh. 5 - Prob. 5PCh. 5 - Prob. 6PCh. 5 - Prob. 1CCh. 5 - Prob. 2C
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