Calculate the operating margins for the following: a) General Fund 1.4 % b) General, Debt Service, and Library Funds aggregated.
Calculate the operating margins for the following: a) General Fund 1.4 % b) General, Debt Service, and Library Funds aggregated.
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Transcribed Image Text:Calculate the operating margins for the following:
a) General Fund
1.4
b) General, Debt Service, and Library Funds aggregated. 22.81
Round percentages to one decimal.
Hint: The transfers out are routine transfers to the other two funds, so the entire net change in fund balance is the numerator in calculating
the General Fund's operating margin. Because the transfers in are from the aggregated funds, they should be ignored in calculating the
denominator for the aggregated funds operating margin.)

Transcribed Image Text:Computation of a village's operating margin
The following information is extracted from a village's governmental funds statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund
balances (amounts in thousands).
Selected data
General Debt Service Library
Total revenues
$16,416
$49
$29
Total expenditures
11,118
1,263
351
Excess (deficiency) of
revenues over expenditures
5,298
-1,214
-322
Transfers in
1,275
338
Transfers out
-1,613
Net change in fund balances
$230
$51
$9
Calculate the operating margins for the following:
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