ACCT GOV.+NFP ENTITIES LOOSELEAF W/CONN.
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Chapter 4, Problem 25EP
The following transactions affected various funds and activities of the Town of Big Springs.
- 1. The Fine Department, a governmental activity accounted for within the General Fund, purchased $100,000 of water from the Water Utility Fund, an enterprise fund.
- 2. A special revenue fund was awarded a $250,000 reimbursement grant. The General Fund advances $50,000 to the special revenue fund to cover initial costs associated with the grant’s purpose.
- 3. The General Fund transferred its annual contribution of $100,000 to the debt service fund for interest and principal on general obligation bonds due during the year.
- 4. The $5,000 balance in the capital projects fund at the completion of construction of a new Town Hall was transferred to the General Fund.
- 5. The General Fund made a long-term loan in the amount of $50,000 to the Central Stores Fund, an internal service fund that services town departments.
Required
- a. Make the required journal entries in the general journal of the General Fund and any other fund(s) affected by the interfund transactions described. Also make entries in the governmental activities journal as needed. Do not make entries in the subsidiary ledgers.
- b. Why is it unnecessary to make entries in a business-type activities journal for any transaction(s) affecting enterprise funds?
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ACCT GOV.+NFP ENTITIES LOOSELEAF W/CONN.
Ch. 4 - Last month a local government collected property...Ch. 4 - When preparing the statement or schedule of...Ch. 4 - Prob. 3QCh. 4 - Prob. 4QCh. 4 - If the General Fund of a certain city needs...Ch. 4 - Prob. 6QCh. 4 - Explain why some governments may account for...Ch. 4 - Prob. 8QCh. 4 - Prob. 9QCh. 4 - Prob. 10Q
Ch. 4 - A government reports Deferred Inflows of...Ch. 4 - Prob. 13CCh. 4 - Prob. 15CCh. 4 - Choose the best answer. When equipment is...Ch. 4 - Prob. 17.2EPCh. 4 - Goods for which a purchase order had been placed...Ch. 4 - Prob. 17.4EPCh. 4 - Garden City has calculated that General Fund...Ch. 4 - Prob. 17.6EPCh. 4 - Prob. 17.7EPCh. 4 - Prob. 17.8EPCh. 4 - Carroll City levies 200,000 of property taxes for...Ch. 4 - Prob. 17.10EPCh. 4 - During the current year, the City of Hickory Hills...Ch. 4 - On July 1, 2020, the beginning of its fiscal year,...Ch. 4 - Prob. 20EPCh. 4 - Prob. 21EPCh. 4 - At the end of the current fiscal year, the City of...Ch. 4 - The City of Waterville applied for a grant from...Ch. 4 - The following transactions occurred during the...Ch. 4 - The following transactions affected various funds...Ch. 4 - The following events and transactions relate to...Ch. 4 - The City of Castletons General Fund had the...Ch. 4 - Prob. 28EP
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