Fiduciary Financial Statements. (LO8-4) Ray County administers a tax custodial fund, an investment trust fund, and a private-purpose trust fund. The tax custodial fund acts as custodian for the county, a city within the county, and the school district within the county. Participants in the investment trust fund are the Ray County General Fund, the city, and the school district. The private-purpose trust is maintained for the benefit of a private organization located within the county. Ray County has prepared the following statement of fiduciary net position.
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The statement as presented is not in accordance with GASB standards. Using Illustration A2–10 (recall that the City and County of Denver statements use agency rather than custodial given they were issued prior to the change in terminology) and Illustration 8–6 as examples, identify the errors (problems) in the statement and explain how the errors should be corrected.
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- Required information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] The county collector of Sun County is responsible for collecting all property taxes levied by funds and governments within the boundaries of the county. To reimburse the county for estimated administrative expenses of operating the tax custodial fund, the custodial fund deducts 4 percent from the collections for the town, the school district, and the other towns. The total amount deducted is added to the collections for the county and remitted to the Sun County General Fund. The following events occurred during the year: 1. Current-year tax levies to be collected by the custodial fund were County General Fund Town of Bayshore Sun County Consolidated School District Total $10,473,000 4,910,000 6,620,000 $22,003,000 2. During the year, $13,840,000 of the current year's taxes was collected. 3. The 4 percent administrative collection fee was recorded. A schedule of amounts collected for each…arrow_forwardRequired information [The following information applies to the questions displayed below.] The county collector of Sun County is responsible for collecting all property taxes levied by funds and governments within the boundaries of the county. To reimburse the county for estimated administrative expenses of operating the tax custodial fund, the custodial fund deducts 4 percent from the collections for the town, the school district, and the other towns. The total amount deducted is added to the collections for the county and remitted to the Sun County General Fund. The following events occurred during the year: 1. Current-year tax levies to be collected by the custodial fund were County General Fund Town of Bayshore Sun County Consolidated School District Total $10,473,000 4,910,000 6,620,000 $22,003,000 2. During the year, $13,840,000 of the current year's taxes was collected. 3. The 4 percent administrative collection fee was recorded. A schedule of amounts collected for each…arrow_forwardPlease help solve the below: see picture attached. The county collector of Sun County is responsible for collecting all property taxes levied by funds and governments within the boundaries of the county. To reimburse the county for estimated administrative expenses of operating the tax custodial fund, the custodial fund deducts 5 percent from the collections for the town, the school district, and the other towns. The total amount deducted is added to the collections for the county and remitted to the Sun County General Fund. The following events occurred during the year: Current-year tax levies to be collected by the custodial fund were County General Fund $ 10,443,000 Town of Bayshore 4,895,000 Sun County Consolidated School District 6,605,000 Total $ 21,943,000 During the year, $13,810,000 of the current year's taxes was collected. The 5 percent administrative collection fee was recorded. A schedule of amounts collected for…arrow_forward
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