Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133799569
Author: Robert J. Freeman, Craig D. Shoulders, Dwayne N. McSwain, Robert B. Scott
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 1C
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Record the General Fund General Ledger entries by assuming that the lease payments for the general government are made through the General Fund.
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1. Star City leased a bulldozer for use in activities accounted for in the General Fund. The City paid $30,000 and agreed to pay $30,000 per year for 3 years. The bulldozer has a useful life of six years. The lease qualified as a capital lease. Assuming that the city maintains is books and records in a manner that facilitates the preparation of the government-wide financial statements, the appropriate entry at the date of acquisition would be
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Assume that a town leases equipment on a capital lease. The present value of the leased equipment is $65,000. The city, subsequently, pays $6,500 on the lease, $3,900 of which is designated as interest and the remainder to a reduction of the lease obligation:
Required: Prepare the journal entry to record the acquisition of equipment via lease and the subsequent payment.
Bilberry County voted to establish an internal service fund to account for printing and copying for all its departments and agencies. The county engaged in the following activities related to the new fund on 1/1/2019.
a) The county commission voted to transfer $300,000 from the general fund to the internal service fund to establish the new fund.
b) Entered into a capital lease for equipment to be used in printing activities. The total present value of the lease obligation is $600,000.
c) Issued $2 million in general obligation bonds at 101. The bonds were issued to acquire additional equipment and are to be serviced from the internal service fund.
d) Purchased equipment for $1,950,000. The equipment has an estimated useful life of 10 years and an estimated salvage value of $150,000.
e) Billed the general fund for copying and printing charges, $70,000.
f) Paid salaries to printing employees, $50,000.
Total liability reported on the Financial statement as of 1/1/2019 is?
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting (11th Edition)
Ch. 6 - Distinguish between an expenditure in the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 2QCh. 6 - On January 2, 20X1, materials costing 100 were...Ch. 6 - A city entered into a capital lease of equipment...Ch. 6 - Is a governments nonspendable fund balance in the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 6QCh. 6 - Prob. 7QCh. 6 - Prob. 8QCh. 6 - Prob. 9QCh. 6 - A government uses the purchases method to account...
Ch. 6 - Prob. 1ECh. 6 - Prob. 2.1ECh. 6 - Prob. 2.2ECh. 6 - An Expenditures account in a General Fund should...Ch. 6 - Both the periodic and perpetual inventory systems...Ch. 6 - Prob. 2.5ECh. 6 - Assume a governmental entity enters into a capital...Ch. 6 - Prob. 2.7ECh. 6 - Prob. 2.8ECh. 6 - (Various Entries) Record the following...Ch. 6 - (Capital Lease Entries) Record the following 20X8...Ch. 6 - Prob. 5ECh. 6 - (Purchases vs. Consumption Method) The city of...Ch. 6 - (Capital Outlay; InventoryPurchases Method) (a)...Ch. 6 - (Capital Outlay; InventoryConsumption Method) (a)...Ch. 6 - Record the following 20X9 transactions in the...Ch. 6 - Prob. 5PCh. 6 - (GL and SL EntriesErrors, Pensions, Changes,...Ch. 6 - Prob. 8PCh. 6 - Prob. 10PCh. 6 - Prob. 1CCh. 6 - Prob. 2CCh. 6 - Prob. 1CC
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