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Nora2010
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Posted: 24 Feb 2011 at 10:56 | IP Logged  

I am confused on a point in the lecture materials.  If Internal Service Funds are accounted for using full accrual, why are their net assets a reconciling item between fund financial statements and government-wide financial statements?  Can anyone clarify for me?

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First, it is important to remember that in the government-wide financial statement ALL funds are reported using FULL accrual accounting (this includes the governmental funds).

I like to think of it as the internal service fund is a subsidiary of the governmental funds (because those are the funds they support with their services most of the time) so you have to consolidate them.  Luckily for us all we really have to know is that intercompany revenue/expenses are eliminated and the net assets of the internal service fund are just added to the governmental funds.

I hope this helped.

 

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