Chapter 3, Problem 23EP

During July, the first month of the fiscal year, the Town of Willingdon issued the following purchase orders and contracts (see Problem 3–22):

Required

1. a.      Show the general journal entry to record the issuance of the purchase orders and contracts. Show entries in subsidiary ledger accounts as well as general ledger accounts.
2. b.      Explain why state and local governments generally record the estimated amounts of purchase orders and contracts in the accounts of budgeted governmental funds, whereas business entities generally do not prepare formal entries for purchase orders.