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Chapter 17, Problem 17.18.1P
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General fund: It accounts for all financial resources except for those accounted for in another fund. It includes transactions for general governmental services provided by the entity’s executive, legislative, and judicial operations. The accounting for the general fund includes accounting for the inter-fund activities on the general fund’s operating statement, the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance.
The treatment of estimated revenue in the adopted budget for general fund.
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a. Prepare a General Fund statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance.
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Following are transactions and events of the General Fund of the City of Springfield for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020.
1. Estimated revenues (legally budgeted)
Property taxes
Sales taxes
Licenses and permits
Miscellaneous
2. Appropriations:
General government
Culture and recreation
Health and welfare.
3. Revenues received (cash)
Property taxes
Sales taxes
Licenses and permits
General government
Culture and recreation
Health and welfare.
5. Goods and services received (paid in cash)
General government
culture and recreation
Health and welfare
Miscellaneous
4. Encumbrances issued (includes salaries and other recurring items)
Estimated
$5,275,000
4,630,000
995,000
6. Budget revisions
Estimated
Revenues
Appropriations
Increase appropriations:
General government
$ 140,000
110,000
Culture and recreation.
7. Fund balance on January 1, 2020, was $753,000. There were no outstanding
encumbrances at that date.
a. Record the transactions using appropriate journal entries,
b. Prepare…
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