Reference no: EM132001329

Question - The City of Buffalo River had the following transactions related to the construction of a new courthouse.

(a) 1/1/07: 20 year 6% General Obligation Serial Bonds with a face value of $5,000,000 are issued on 1/2/07 for 101. Interest payments are made on Jan. 1 and July 1 of each year. The premium was transferred into the Debt Service Fund.

(b) 3/1/07: Land is purchased for a new courthouse at a cost of $ 212,000.

(c) 3/1/07: A contract is signed for construction of the new courthouse in the amount of $ 4,200,000.

(d) 6/15/07: $275,000 is transferred from the general fund for the 7/1 payment due on the courthouse fund serial bonds.

(e) 7/1/07: Interest ($150,000) and principal ($125,000) are paid on the courthouse fund serial bonds.

(f) 12/1/07: Receive an invoice for progress completed to date on the courthouse construction project in the amount of $ 1,200,000.

(g) 12/27/07: $146,250 is transferred from the general fund for the 1/1/08 interest payment due on the courthouse fund serial bonds. Interest is accrued as of 12/31/07, following the exception permitted by GASB.

Required: Prepare a Statement of Revenues, Expenditures and Changes in Fund Balance for the Debt Service Fund. Assume this is the first year for the fund (beginning fund balance is zero) and the City has no other long-term debt than that described above.