Accounting For Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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Author: RECK, Jacqueline L., Lowensohn, Suzanne L., NEELY, Daniel G.
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Chapter 8, Problem 18.8EP
The city council of the City of Great Falls decided to pool the investments of its General Fund with those of Great Falls School District and Great Falls Township, each of which carried its investments at fair value as of the prior balance sheet date. All investments are revalued to current fair value at the date of the creation of the pool. At that date, the prior and current fair value of the investments of each of the participants were as follows:
One month after creation of the pool, earnings on pooled investments totaled $59,900. It was decided to distribute the earnings to the participants, rounding the distribution to the nearest dollar. The Great Falls School District should receive
- a. $36,000.
- b. $35,940.
- c. $36,339.
- d. $37,000.
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