Governmental Accounting 3 Flashcards
Integrated approach for governmental accounting
- Management discussion & analysis
- Basic financial statements which include fund accounts reconciled to government wide financial statements and it includes notes to financials
Required reporting for general purpose governmental units
- MD&A and required supplementary disclosures
- Government Wide financial statements
- Fund Financial statements
- Notes to financial statements
- Required Supplementary Information(RSI) other than MD&A
- Other supplementary information
List of government wide financial statements
- Statement of net position
2. Statement of activities
List of general fund financial statements
- Balance sheet
2. Statements of revenues. expenditures, and changes in fund balances
List of proprietary fund financial statements
- Statement of net position
- Statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund net position
- Statement of cash flows
List of fiduciary fund financial statements
- Statement of fiduciary net position
2. Statement of changes in fiduciary net position
What’s included in RSI?
- Information about the last 10 years for pension shit
- budgetary comparison schedules
- infrastructure
What are your basic financial statements?
- Government wide financial statements
- Fund financial statements
- Notes to financial statements
What’s included in the Comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR)
- Introductory section (unaudited)
- Basic Financial statements & Required Supplementary information (audited)
- Statistical Section (unaudited)
What is in the introductory section of CAFR?
- Letter of transmittal
- Organizational chart
- List of principal officers
What is in the Basic financial statements & required supplementary information section of CAFR?
- Managements Discussion & Analysis
- Government wide financial statements
- Fund financial statements
- Notes to financial statements
- Required supplementary information
What is included in statistical section of CAFR?
- Ten years of selected financial statements
- Ten years of economic data like millage, rates, appraised values
- Other data
Component Units - Blended vs discrete
- Board of component unit is the same as the primary government
OR
- Component unit serves the primary government exclusively
If these tests aren’t met then use the discrete method
Financial entity reporting
If the entity depends on the government then it is part of primary government, but if not then it is a component unit and from there you have to decide if blended or discrete
Format for Statement of Net Position for government wide financial statements
Assets & deferred outflows of resources minus liabilities & deferred inflows of resources equals net position