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Chapter 6, Problem 21EP
Legal Debt Margin and Direct and Overlapping Debt. (LO6-2) In preparation for a proposed bond sale, the city manager of the City of Appleton requested that you prepare a statement of legal debt margin and a schedule of direct and overlapping debt for the city as of the December 31 year end. You ascertain that the following bond issues are outstanding on that date:
You obtain other information that includes the following items:
- 1. Assessed valuation of real and taxable personal property in the city totaled $240,000,000.
- 2. The rate of debt limitation applicable to the City of Appleton was 6 percent of total real and taxable personal property valuation.
- 3. Electric utility, water utility, and transit authority bonds were all serviced by enterprise revenues. By law, such self-supporting debt is not subject to debt limitation.
- 4. The convention center bonds and tax increment bonds are subject to debt limitation.
- 5. The amount of assets segregated for debt retirement at December 31 is $1,800,000.
- 6. The city’s residents are also taxed by Clyde County for 25 percent of school district and health services debt. The school district has $15,000,000 in outstanding bonds, while health services has $8,000,000 in debt. Finally, one-third of the $2,400,000 of regional library outstanding debt is paid by taxes assessed on Appleton residents.
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