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divyagovil1 Major Contributor
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The following information relates to Bel City, whose first fiscal year ended December 31, 20X4. Assume Bel has only the long-term debt specified in the information and only the funds necessitated by the information.
1. General fund:
The following selected information is taken from Bel's 20X4 general fund financial records:
Budget Actual
Property taxes $5,000,000 $ 4,700,000
Other revenues 1,000,000 1,050,000
Total revenues $6,000,000 $ 5,750,000
Total expenditures $5,600,000 $ 5,700,000
Property taxes receivable - delinquent $ 420,000
Less: Allowance for estimated uncollectible taxes - delinquent 50,000
$ 370,000
There were no amendments to the budget as originally adopted.
No property taxes receivable have been written off, and the allowance for uncollectibles balance is unchanged from the initial entry at the time of the original tax levy.
There were no encumbrances outstanding at December 31, 20X4.
2. Capital project fund:
Finances for Bel's new civic center were provided by a combination of general fund transfers, a state grant, and an issue of general obligation bonds. Any bond premium on issuance is to be used for the repayment of the bonds at their $1,200,000 par value. At December 31, 20X4, the capital project fund for the civic center had the following closing entries:
Revenues $ 800,000
Other financing sources - bond proceeds 1,230,000
Other financing sources - transfers in 500,000
Expenditures $1,080,000
Other financing uses - transfers out 30,000
Unreserved fund balance 1,420,000
Also, at December 31, 20X4, capital project fund entries reflected Bel's intention to honor the $1,300,000 purchase orders and commitments outstanding for the center.
During 20X4, total capital project fund encumbrances exceeded the corresponding expenditures by $42,000. All expenditures were previously encumbered.
During 20X5, the capital project fund received no revenues and no other financing sources. The civic center building was completed in early 20X5 and the capital project fund was closed by a transfer of $27,000 to the general fund.
3. Water utility enterprise fund:
Bel issued $4,000,000 revenue bonds at par. These bonds, together with a $700,000 transfer from the general fund, were used to acquire a water utility with total assets of $4.7 million. Water utility revenues are expected to be 20% of total assets and are to be the sole source of funds to retire these bonds beginning in year 20X9.
This question relates to Bels general fund. Indicate if the answer to each item is yes (Y) or no (N).
∙ Did recording budgetary accounts at the beginning of 20X4 increase the fund balance by $50,000?
Solution :-
"No" is the correct answer. The entry to record the budget for the year is as follows:
Fund balance 800,000
Estimated revenues 6,000,000
Appropriations 5,600,000
Estimated other financing uses - Capital projects fund 500,000
Estimated capital contributions - Enterprise fund 700,000
Thus, the fund balance decreases by $800,000. "If the transfers to the capital project fund and enterprise fund were planned and approved in advance, they would be included in the budgetary entry."
My question is that is this statement an assumption? Where in the question it's provided that the transfers have been estimated at the beginning of the year?
And, is it safe to take assumptions in the exam? What if, the examiners expected otherwise?
Thanks!
Edited by divyagovil1 on 10 Mar 2009 at 16:48
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Anyone ???????
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utesa Major Contributor
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Posted: 11 Mar 2009 at 11:34 | IP Logged
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Perhaps the fact that they said "there were not amendments to the budget as originally adpted" implied everything was included??
not sure though... I guessed a lot in the exam :(
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divyagovil1 Major Contributor
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Posted: 12 Mar 2009 at 09:47 | IP Logged
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hmmmm..... thanks, utesa ! FAR could be seriously confusing at times. I am on my last lecture and have to start with my final review after it gets over ! Not sure how much I am going to retain....
Better to just leave all the worries behind and give my best ! Rest, I will leave it to God :)
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