Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
17th Edition
ISBN: 9780078025822
Author: Jacqueline L. Reck James E. Rooks Distinguished Professor, Suzanne Lowensohn, Earl R Wilson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 8, Problem 17.8EP
The city council of the City of Great Falls decided to pool the investments of its General Fund with those of Great Falls School District and Great Falls Township, each of which carried its investments at fair value as of the prior
One month after creation of the pool, earnings on pooled investments totaled $59,900. It was decided to distribute the earnings to the participants, rounding the distribution to the nearest dollar. The Great Falls School District should receive
- a. $36,000.
- b. $35,940.
- c. $36,339.
- d. $37,000.
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The Albertville City Council decided to pool the investments of its General Fund with Albertville Schools and Richwood Township in an investment pool to be managed by the city. Each of the pool participants had reported its investments at fair value as of the end of 2022. At the date of the creation of the pool, February 15, 2023, the fair value of the investments of each pool participant was as follows:
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12/31/22
2/15/23
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$
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Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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