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Module 10
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Accounting
Professional
07/25/2012

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Term
4 not-for-profit categories
Definition
  1. hospitals/health care
  2. colleges/universities
  3. voluntary health/welfare organizations
  4. other (ONPOs): social clubs, political parties, museums, etc
Term
jurisidiction for governement NFPs
Definition

FASB- private NFPs

GASB- public NFPs

Term
financial reporting for private NFPs
Definition
  • fund info not reported
  • A/L combines and fund balances are translated into unrestricted NAs, temporarily restricted NAs, and permanently restricted NAs
Term
3 FSs required for NFPs
Definition
  1. SOFP
  2. Statement of activity
  3. SOCF

 


*statement of functional expenses is also required for voluntary health and welfare organizations

Term
3 differences between SOFP and BS
Definition
  1. doesn't present fund info for organization as a whole
  2. "fund balance" replaced by NAs
  3. Net assets broken down into 3 categories above
Term
principle requirement for statement of activity
Definition
changes in NA for each of 3 classes and total
Term
4 sections for statement of activity
Definition
  1. revenues and gains
  2. NA released from restrictions
  3. expenses and losses 
    • programming=main mission 
    • supporting=management and general, and fund raising
  4. change in net assets
Term
3 sections of statement of CFs (same as profit)
Definition
  1. operating- unrestricted contributions, unrestricted investment earnings, revenue restricted for operating purposes, grants, etc.
  2. Investing- sale of investment assts and securities, purchase of capital assets
  3. financing- contributions of investment revenues restricted for LT purposes, debt proceeds/repayment, lease payments
Term
statement of function expense
Definition
takes functional expenes and breaks them into natural expense categories
Term
3 qualifications for inexhaustible fixed assets
Definition
  1. held for public exhibition, education, or research
  2. protected, kept, and reserved
  3. subject to a policy that requires proceeds from sales of collection items to be used to acquire other investment items for collections
Term
3 rules for inexhaustible fixed assets
Definition
  1. if donated, need not be capitalized
  2. if sold and proceeds used for same type of asset, transactions don't have to be recorded
  3. disclose in notes
Term
example of inexhaustible fixed assets
Definition
works of art, cultural treasures, historical documents, property, etc.
Term
3 rules for investments owned by NFP
Definition
  1. report at FV
  2. debt securities not broken down into classifications
  3. debt securities always value at FV (revalued at BS date)
Term
2 facts for endowments
Definition
  1. endowments are contributions for which the principle (corpus) must remain intact in perpetuity
  2. earnings on endowment may be expendable-restricted, expendable-unrestricted, or non-expendable
        • "regular" or "pure" endownment
        • included in perm. restricted NAs
Term
4 other types of contributions
Definition
  1. quasi-endowments- set aside by governing board for which principal must be retained and invested. included in unrestricted NAs
  2. term endowments- gifts and bequests from 3rd parties invested for certain time period or until certain event, but after criteria met, expendable in full. included in temp. restricted NAs
  3. board designated funds- set aside by governing board for specific purposes. not endowments b/c principal can be spent. set asside from other unrestricted assets by establishing "unrestricted NAs"
  4. "designated for __ account"
Term
earnings on endowments
Definition
  • reported in endowment income or investment income on accrual basis
  • category depends on nature specifiec above
Term
contribution revenue for NFP
Definition
  • recognized as contribution revenue in period made, even if not yet received
  • donation other than cash is measures at FV on date of gift
Term
pledges
Definition
  • promise to contribute
  • recognized as contribution if unconditional
  • if conditional, not contribution until conditions are substantially met or whe likelihood conditions wont be met is remote
Term
3 revenue classifications
Definition
  1. specified operating purposes
  2. capital purposes
  3. time restrictions and endowments
Term
  1. specified operating purposes
  2.  

Definition
  • "program restrictions"
  • unrestricted for any purpose in current period or temporarily restricted because available for specific purposed in current period
Term
  1.  
  2. capital purposes
  3.  
Definition
  • "asset acquisition"
  • temporarily restricted resources available for capital purposes in current period
Term
  1.  

  2. time restrictions and endowments
Definition
  • temporarily restricted b/c available after contingency or time (time restrictions)
  • not available for expenditure at any time although earnings may be expended (endowments)

 

Term
pledges made over multiple periods
Definition
  • portion received later- "temporarily restricted"
  • portion received now- "unrestricted"
  • increase in NPV of pledge at BS date b/c of recalculation goes to contribution income
  • future payments received, assets reclassified to unrestricted net assets but revenue is not recognized
Term
donated services
Definition

can be recognized if...

  1. non-financial assets are enhanced, or
  2. services requiring special skills by persons w/ those skills and are normally purchaseable by organization
  • entry: record FV of service as a credit to contribution revenue and a debit to either an asset (if non-financial asset enhanced) or expense (if services are provided)
Term
3 results of contributions
Definition
  1. organization acts as a cash conduit/agent
  2. organization has variance power
  3. financially interrelated organizations
Term
  1. organization acts as a cash conduit/agent
  2.  
  3.  
Definition
  • when restrictions are such that recipient has no decision making power or monitoring responsibilities
  • revenue not recognized
  • liability offsets receipt
Term
  1.  
  2. organization has variance power
  3.  
Definition
  • can set aside restrictions and dispose of resources
  • recognize contribution revenue and donor recognizes expense
Term
  1.  
  2.  
  3. financially interrelated organizations
Definition
  • recipient and ultimate beneficiary are financially interrelated and transfer should be recognized as contribution revenue by recipient and ultimate beneficiary rcognized interest in NAs of recipient
  • exists when (a) one entity can influence operating/financing decisions of another and (b) 1 entity has ongoing economic interest in other's NAs
Term
GASB concept statement No. 1 scope
Definition
  • objectives of FR for state/local gov. entity reporting unit
  • applies to business/gov-type entities
Term
users of govenrmental FS
Definition
citizens, legislative and oversight bodies, creditors and investors
Term
use (3) of govenrmental FS
Definition
comparing, assessing, assisting
Term
characteristics of info in financial reporting under GASB
Definition
  • "TRUCCR"
  • timeliness, relevance, understandability, comparability, consistency, reliance
Term
elements of FS under GASB
Definition
A, L, deferred outflow of resources, deferred inflow of resources, net position
Term
4 FS required for government entity reporting
Definition
  1. SOFP
  2. SOA
  3. SOCF
  4. SOFE (functional expenses)
Term
fund accounting (4)
Definition
  1. used by government and NFP orgs
  2. differs because primary resources are received through non-exchange transactions
  3. primary mission is not to get return to investors
  4. restrictions on resources and ownership
Term
government funds
Definition
non-exchange revenues like taxes, intergovernment revenues and grants
Term
proprietary funds
Definition
gov. entity engages in activities similar to NFP (public utilities, convention center, etc.)
Term
fiduciary funds
Definition
government entity manage/process resources for others
Term
budgetary accounting
Definition
  • these accounts are incorporated to control revenues/expenses and are subject to legal spending limits and purposes
  • formal D/C entries made at beginning of period to record estimated revenue and authorized expenses
  • closed at end of period
Term
encumbrance accounting
Definition
  • to ensure entity doesn't order more goods than it has authority to
  • estimated expenditure recorded at time order placed
Term
basis of accounting (3)
Definition
  1. depends on fund used and report that displays results
  2. government fund transactions: modified accrual basis
  3. proprietary fund transactions: full accrual accounting
Term
modified accrual basis
Definition
focus on flow of financial resources during period
Term
full accrual basis
Definition
measurement focus on flow of economic resources during period
Term
2 sets of FS required for Governmental accounting
Definition
  1. fund statements
  2. government-wide (or entity-wide) statements
Term
  1. fund statements
  2.  
Definition
  1. government funds (modified)
  2. proprietary funds (full)
  3. fiduciary funds (full)
Term
  1.  
  2. government-wide (or entity-wide) statements
Definition
  • includes info from gov. and proprietary funds
  • can only combine if same basis is used (converted from modified to full)
Term
3 objectives of government accounting
Definition
  1. assess availability of current period resources
  2. assess service efforts and accomplishments
  3. demonstarte compliance legally
Term
5 governmental fund types
Definition
  1. general
  2. special revenue
  3. debt service
  4. capital project
  5. permanent

*GRASPP

(^A=buy a vowel)

Term
2 proprietary fund types
Definition
  1. enterprise
  2. internal service

*SE

Term
4 fiduciary fund types
Definition
  1. pension trust
  2. investment trust
  3. private purpose trust
  4. agency trust

*PAPI

Term
4 characteristics of government fund category
Definition
  1. expendable funds- not concerned with preserving capital (expensed, not retained)
  2. use modified basis and can use budgetary and encumbrance accounting
  3. capital assets and LT debt- related to these funds are recorded separately in off-books records
  4. only fund required

*Current A - Current L = Fund Balance

Term
4 characteristics of proprietary fund category
Definition
  1. orientation: determine income
  2. activities that are self-supporting (at least 50% of costs are coverred by fees)
  3. activities where intent is to cover at least 50% of costs through fees, or which would benefit from additional control measures by full accrual basis accounting may be included
  4. record and report their own capital assets and LT debt using full-accrual basis

*(current A + Capital A) - (Current L + LT-L) = RE + contributed capital

Term
fiduciary fund category
Definition
  • monies/resources held by gov. unit in a trustee or agent capacity
  • generally use full-accrual basis accounting
Term

fiduciary fund category

Private purpose Vs. Agency

Definition

Private purpose= hold assets for long periods of time

Agency trust= does not

Term
account groups 
Definition
not included in fund statements, but are included in gov-wide statements
Term
4 characteristics of modified accrual basis of accounting
Definition
  1. measurement focus
  2. revenue recognition
  3. expenditure recognition
  4. increase/decrease in NAs other than revenues and expenses
Term
  1.  
  2. revenue recognition
  3.  
Definition
  • measurable and available
  • if "subjext to accrual", normally recognized
  • "60 day rule"- can recognize revenue received within 60 days of year end
Term
  1.  
  2.  
  3. expenditure recognition
  4.  
Definition

must be measureable and incurred (accrual) with 4 exceptions:

  1. interst on general LT debt: on due date
  2. no distinction for capital/period expenditures
  3. inventoriable items: can use purchase method or consumption
  4. prepaid items- purchase or consumption method

 

Term
  1.  
  2.  
  3.  
  4. increase/decrease in NAs other than revenues and expenses
Definition
  • other financing sources- increase in NAs of a fund which don't result in increase in NA of organization as a whole
  • other financing uses- decrease in NA of a fund which don't result in decrease in NA of organization as a whole
Term
budgetary accounting
Definition
  • requires creation of specific budgetary accounts, recording of budgetary items, and preparation of reports that compare budgeted and actual acmounts
  • only funds that used modified accrual basis generally use budgetary accounting
Term
4 budgetary accounts
Definition
  1. expenditures
  2. revenue
  3. other financing uses
  4. other financing source
Term
5 parallel budgetary accounts
Definition
  1. appropriations
  2. estimated revenues
  3. estimated OFUs
  4. estimated OSFs
  5. budgetary fund balance (no nominal balance. balances budgetary entry)
Term
entry to record budget at start of year
Definition

D- estimated revenues

C- appropriations

Term
entry at mid year when additional appropriations authorized, or when actual revenues are significantly different from what was predicted
Definition

D- budgetary fund balance

C- appropriations

Term
entry at year end when no changes are made
Definition

D- Appropriations

C- estimated revenue

Term
encumbrance accounting
Definition
  • estimates value of purchase orders outstanding
  • encumbrances are used to control expenditures
      • appropriations - encumbrances - expenditures= unencumbered, unexpected appropriation 
Term
encumbrance entry when PO prepared
Definition

D- encumbrances

C- fund balance assigned

Term
entry when goods/services received
Definition

D- fund balance assigned

C- encumbrances

D-Expensitures

C- vouchers payable/cash

Term
differences in estimated/actual expenditures
Definition
  • liquidate encumbrance and record expenditure
  • change in unencumbered, unexpected appropriation cost
Term
entry at year end for encumbrances
Definition
  • not received, close out. 
  • portion of fund balance set asside to cover estimated amounts of orders outstanding at year-end
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