Reference no: EM132634534

Question 1: Prepare transactions for General fund:

Point 1 The City Council passed the budget for Fiscal Year 2018. The finance director estimates revenues for the year at $130,000, and the program managers plan to spend $125,000. When recording the budget, use only the general ledger control accounts.

Point 2 The finance director re-established encumbrances (see the prior year balance sheet) that were outstanding at the end of the previous year.

Point 3 The deferred revenue account, which represents property taxes not earned in the previous year, was reversed.

Point 4 The City Council levied the property taxes for the year, $90,000. Based on prior experience, 8% of the levy should prove uncollectible. Also, half the levy should be paid within the discount period, for which the taxpayers receive a 2% discount.

Point 5 Program managers for the City ordered $20,000 in supplies. The city uses the purchases method to account for its inventory.

Point 6 The City received an unexpected grant of $15,000 from the State to pay for public safety activities. The cash was received.

Point 7 The City Council increased the budget for capital outlay appropriations by $39,000 and increased estimated transfers out to CPF and EF by $10,000 and $1,500, respectively.

Point 8 The City ordered two new police cars estimated to cost $19,500 each.

Point 9 The City received $30,000 in sales tax revenues.

Point 10 The City collected the following property taxes:

Prior year, first 60 days of current year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7,000

Prior year, after first 60 days of current year . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,000

20,000

Point 11 The balance of the previous year's taxes was written off as uncollectible.

Point 12 The City received supplies previously ordered (see entries #2 and #5).

Encumbrance Actual Cost

General Government 6,400 6,300

Public Safety 3,500 3,600

Streets and Roads 4,500 4,500

Culture and Recreation 1,550 1,800

Sanitation and Health 1,550 1,800

Point 13 Both police cars on order were received (see entry #8). The actual cost was the same as the estimated cost.

Point 14 $50,000 of taxes receivable were collected within the discount period.

Point 15 Two old police cars were sold at auction, the customary practice for disposing of capital assets that are no longer in use. Each car had originally cost $15,000 and had accumulated depreciation of $12,000. The government received $1,000 for each car.

Point 16 The City made the following payments:

Accounts Payable.................................................................... $60,000

Salaries............................................................................. 35,000

Garbage Service (the total bill was $20,000)................15,000

$110,000

Of the total payments, $10,000 qualified under the public safety grant (see entry #6). The balance of the grant will be used in the next fiscal year. Also, unpaid salaries at year-end were $2,500. Finally, the salary payment included $3,000 in compensated absences; $7,000 in compensated absences will be paid in future years.

All expenditures are allocated by function using the following percentages:

GeneralGovernment ............35%

PublicSafety ....................... 20%

StreetsandRoads...................25%

CultureandRecreation ...........10%

SanitationandHealth. .. ........ 10%

Point 17 The City collected another $21,000 in taxes receivable during the remainder of the fiscal year. The City expects to collect an additional $2,000 in the first 60 days of the following fiscal year. The balance will be collected or written off later in the next fiscal year.

Point 18 Current taxes receivable and the related allowance were reclassified as delinquent after the due date.

Point 19 The inventory of supplies at year-end was $8,500.

Point 20 The City Council ordered the following payments to other funds:

Special Revenue Fund (to reimburse the SRF for a General Government expenditure that should have been paid from the General Fund) .. $5,000

Capita lProjectsFund(for City's portion of construction project) .....10,000

Debt Service Fund#2(for principal and interest payments on long-term debt) ...................... 11,785

Enterprise Fund (to provide financing for capital projects) ......... 2,500

All of the payments were made except the payment to the Special Revenue Fund. The payment to the SRF will be disbursed in the next fiscal year.

Point 21 The City Council ordered that all outstanding orders be honored in the following fiscal year.

Point 22 Equipment was transferred from the General Government to the Enterprise Fund. The equipment cost $20,000 and had accumulated depreciation of $9,000.

Point 23 The budgetary accounts were closed.

Point 24 $2,900 was paid to Debt Service Fund #4 to assist in an advanced refunding of debt.