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Instructions
City of Smithville
Full Version
Computerized Cumulative Problem

For use with McGraw-Hill Education

Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
17th Edition

By Jacqueline L. Reck and Suzanne L. Lowensohn

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Introducing City of Smithville
Welcome……………………………………………………….4
System Requirements ................................................................ 4
Licensing ................................................................................... 4

Running or RemovingCities of Smithville and Bingham
Running the Cities of Smithville and Bingham......................... 5
Removing the Cities of Smithville and Bingham ...................... 5

General Operating Instructions
Opening the Cities of Smithville and Bingham......................... 5
Creating a new project ............................................................... 6
Opening an existing project ....................................................... 6
Saving thecurrent project........................................................... 7

City of Smithville Main Window
Adding and posting journal entries ........................................... 8
Editing/deleting/unposting journal entries ................................ 8
Working with the ledgers screen ...............................................10
Working with the detail journal screen .....................................10

Printing Reports ..................................................................................11
Exporting Trial Balances .................................................................11
CompletingChapters 2 through 11 of the
City of Smithville Cumulative Problem .....................................12
Chapter 2 Opening the Books ........................................................13
Chapter 3 Recording the Annual Budget ...................................17
Chapter 4 Recording Operating Transactions Affecting
the General Fund and Governmental Activities at the
Government-wide Level ...................................................................19
Chapter 5 Recording Capital Asset Transactions ...................27

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Chapter 6Recording General Long-term Liabilitiesand
Debt ServiceTransactions ................................................................31
Chapter 7 Recording Enterprise Fund and
Business-type ActivitiesTransactions...........................................37
Chapter 8 Recording Fiduciary FundTransactions —
Tax Agency Fund ................................................................................40
Chapter 9 Adjusting and Closing Entries for
Governmental Activities, Government-wide Level;
Preparation of Government-wide and Major Fund
Financial Statements ..........................................................................44
Chapter 10 Analysis of Financial Condition .............................46
Chapter 11 Preparation of Audit Report ...................................46

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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCING THE CITY OF SMITHVILLE CUMULATIVE
PROBLEM
Welcome
Thank you for purchasing the Cities of Smithville and Bingham Governmental
Accounting Software. This software is designed to be used with the McGraw-Hill
Education textbook Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities, 17th
Edition.

System Requirements
To use the Cities of Smithville and Bingham accounting software application, you
must have the following:
Windows
• 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz or
faster processor for netbook class devices
• Microsoft® Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, or Windows 8 Classic
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
Mac OS
• Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
• Mac OS X v10.7, and above
• 512MB of RAM (1GB recommended)
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Adobe AIR 15 or latest version
Recommended screen resolution of 1024 x 768 minimum
Spreadsheet program (in order to easily view the exported CSV files)
Excel 2003 or later (in order to view the exported Excel files)
Adobe Reader 9 or later to read saved report files

Licensing
This manual for the full version project was written for use with the Cities of
Smithville and Bingham software. The manual and the software described in it
are copyrighted, with all rights reserved. This manual and the Cities of Smithville
and Bingham software may not be copied, except as otherwise provided in your
software license or as expressly permitted in writing by McGraw-Hill Higher
Education, Inc.
Use of the Cities of Smithville andBingham governmental accounting software
(the “Software”) and its documentation are governed by the terms set forth in
your license. Such use is at your sole risk. The software and its documentation
(including this manual) are provided “AS-IS” and without warranty of any kind.

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[Note: Read the following instructions before beginning your first assignment in
Chapter 2. Refer back to this information as needed.]

RUNNING OR REMOVING THE CITIES OF SMITHVILLE AND
BINGHAM
Running the Cities of Smithville and Bingham
The software application can be run by clicking on the “Cities of Smithville and
Bingham” icon/program as indicated in the “Opening the Cities of Smithville and
Bingham” instructions below. Click “Install” and follow the installation prompts.
It is recommended to save this file in your Programs/Applications or Desktop.

You may exit the program by clicking the "X" button at the top right corner on a
PC or top left corner on a MAC.

Removing the Cities of Smithville and Bingham
You can remove the software applicationbyuninstalling the “Cities of Smithville
and Bingham”program.

GENERAL OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
Opening the Cities of Smithville and Bingham
You can open the Cities of Smithville and Bingham at any time by clicking on the
“Cities of Smithville and Bingham”icon/program.

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Creating a New Project
To access the instructions for the Smithville Full Version project click on Open
Instructions in the opening widow and select and print the full versionproject
instructions.To create a new project, click on “Create New Project.” The Create
New Project window will appear, as shown below.

Enter your first and last name, then select City of Smithville as your project and
click [Create]. The main project window will pop-up once the project is created
and you will be ready to begin entering journal entry data for your first
assignment. This step creates the accounts and funds that you will need to
complete the full version“City of Smithville”project. After you have completed
the journal entries for each assignment, you should save your project data file in a
folder that you havecreated on your computer. For your own protection against
hard-drive failure or file corruption, we recommend that you create a dated
backup file on a removable device (e.g.,flash drive) or cloud storage at the end of
each session.This will permit you to reopen your project to the previous stage of
completion should a computer problem occur during your current session.

Opening an Existing Project
After your initial data entry session, click on “Open Existing Project,”and then
select and open the data file you saved at the end of your previous session.

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Saving the Current Project
During or at the end of each assignment, click on  and .If a
filename has already been specified, the current filename should be displayed in
the file name box but may be changed if desired.

City Of Smithville Main Window
If you have opened a project file, the main project window should appear as follows:

To navigate between the Journal, Ledgers, and Accountscreens, simply click on
the [TAB] for that particular screen.
To switch between different funds and governmental activities, government-wide,
choose the desired entity from the drop-down menu.
You can verify which entity you are working on by the caption on the upper right
corner of the window. It will show the title of your project, and the current
fund/entity that is open.
The main window has the same standard window controls as most other
applications. To close down your project, simply click on the [X] box. If you
click on the [X] box you will be asked whether you want to close the program
without saving changes.Remember the folder location where you save your file
so it will be easier to retrieve it when you want to reopen the file.

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Adding and Posting Journal Entries
You need to be in the Journal view before you can add any journal entries.Once
you are in the Journal view, you will see the journal entry panel on the lower
portion of the window.

Before ANY entry can be added to the Journal, a transaction description, account
#-description, and debit or credit amount must be specified.
Once you have filled in the necessary fields, simply click on [Add Entry] to add
the entry to the journal. If the entry being made is a closing entry, you must click
on the check mark for [Closing Entry].
If one of the fields is missing a value or contains an illegal character, the [Add
Entry] button will remain disabled.
If the account selected from the drop-down [Account (# - Account Description)]
menu is a control account, the detail journal will automatically open for entering
the transaction detail. When entering data in the detail journal, you must first
select an item from the drop-down [TransactionDescription] or type your own
description in the box before selecting the account. When you have completed
your entries the detail total for the transaction will be entered into the control
account.
Once you have entered a batch of entries into the system, you can post them to the
general ledger at any time by clicking the [Post Entries] button. In the case of
the General Fund, posting transactions also posts entries from the detail journal to
the Revenue ledger and Appropriations, Encumbrances, Expenditures ledgers.
The [Post Entries] button only posts entries for the fund/entity that is currently
open.

Editing/Deleting/Unposting Journal Entries
To edit entries that have already been entered, double click or right click on the
entry, and select edit. You will know you are in edit mode when the entry form
turns red and the blanksfill in with the data from the journal. If you wish to delete
an entry, right click on the item and select [Delete] or choose [Edit]-[Delete].
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As in real-world systems, the software does not allow you to edit entries that have
already been posted. So, it is recommended that you verify the accuracy of entries
before clicking [Post Entries].However, for your convenience we have added the
capability to “unpost” individual batches of posted transactions.Note that
prior to unposting a batch, all batches must be posted.To unpost simply highlight
any entry within the batch you want to unpost and either right click and select
[Unpost] or select [Unpost] from the Edit menu. Make all necessary editing
changes, and thenclick [Post Entries] and your corrections will be made to the
appropriate accounts. If you need to add a missing entry to a previously posted
journal entry, then unpost as described above, highlight the line below which a
new entry is to be added, and rightclickand select “Insert Entry.”Note that the
“Insert Entry” function will work if you are inserting an entry prior to a balance
sheet account. However, it will not work when inserting an entry prior to any
account that has an associated subsidiary ledger (e.g., estimated revenues,
expenditures).

Screen shot of “right clicking” on a journal entry.

Enter the data for the new entry and click “Add Entry” to insert the new entry.A
provision also allows you to clear all of the transactions from the current fund or
entity. Under [File]-[Student Assistance] you will find the option [Wipe out
data forcurrent fund or governmental activities]. The wipe out function
should be used as a last resort since making changes by editing is quite easy.
Once you select this option, there is no going back. It will remove ALL of the
transactions for the current fund or entity.
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Working with the Ledgers Screen
Switch to the Ledgers screen by clicking on the ledgers tab.

Switch entities at any time by changing the selection. Depending on the fund or
entity with which you are working, there may be different ledgers for you to view.
Choose the ledger you want to view from the drop-down list.
If you want to print a ledger, you should open the [Reports] menu, and select the
report to print.

Working with the Detail Journal Screen
The General Fund of the City of Smithville uses a Detail Journal to avoid
recording operating or budget detail in the general journal/ledgers.
If you choose a control account that has subsidiary detail associated with it, you
will be taken directly to the Detail Journal. If you attempt to edit a journal entry
that has associated subsidiary detail, you will automatically be prompted to also
open the Detail Journal for editing, if desired.
The Detail Journal screen for the General Fund appears as shown on the following
page.

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The Detail Journal operates very similar to the entry screen on the General
Journal. Fill in the boxes or, in the case of the [Transaction Description] box,
select a description from the drop-down menu, and click [Add Entry]. The
balance of the entries for this transaction is automatically updated. When you exit
the Detail Journal the balance will be entered into thecontrol account amount in
the General Journal. Please note that the year and reference numbers of these
transactions are based on the originating entry (the line in the General Journal).

Printing Reports
All of the reports for the City of Smithville are available through the Reports
menu. Simply go to the menu and click on the report you want.To print, click on
the “Print” icon and print in the normal manner. If you need to create a “Save as
Printable .pdf File,” accept the default file name and save location, or change the
name and/or location if you prefer.

Exporting Trial Balances
To make it easier to prepare financial statements/schedules, spreadsheet files for
all trial balances for each entity and each year of transactions, as well as detail
subsidiary account balances (General Fund only), can be exported to either Excel
or CVS for non-Microsoft applications. To export an item, select it from the
[File], [Export] menu, accept the default file name and folder location, and save
it. You can change the file name and/or location if you prefer.

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Completing Chapters 2 through 11 of the City of Smithville Full
Version
Foreword
This full version of a cumulative problem written for the computer presents a series of
transactions covering activities for the City of Smithville, assuming the city utilizes the
dual-track accounting approach to the GASBreporting model described in Reck and
Lowensohn, Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities, 17th edition. The
transactions presented relate to the city’s General Fund, capital projects, debt service,
enterprise, and fiduciary funds, as well as to an additional accounting entity,
governmental activities at the government-wide level. The transactions and instructions
in this series are designated Chapter 2, Chapter 3, etc., corresponding to the chapters of
Reck and Lowensohn,Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities, 17th edition.
You should begin the project with Chapter 2 of the instructions as you complete Chapter
2 of the textbook. Some problems require you to print trial balances or other documents.
Other problems require the preparation of financial statements or other documents. The
specified documents can either be turned in chapter by chapter or retained in a cumulative
folder until the end of the project, depending on your instructor’s preference and
instructions. Some instructors may prefer that you electronically submit your project data
file and either Excel or .pdf files containing your trial balances, financial statements, and
other documents, rather than submitting printed copies.
To minimize errors, you should read and follow all instructions carefully. Students find
that this computerized cumulative problem significantly enhances their learning if they
complete each City of Smithville chapter as the corresponding chapter of the textbook is
covered. Conversely, students who procrastinate often find that the project takes more
time than they expected and that it is harder to recall how to make the journal entries
covered in the earlier chapters. Thus, delaying until your project is nearly due may
increase the total time it takes you to do the project and leave you little time for anything
else that week. So, our advice is to stay current with the project.

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Chapter 2Opening the Books
The City of Smithville just implemented a dual-track computerized accounting system,
which provides files for general journal entries and posting to appropriate general
ledger/subsidiary ledger accounts. Budgetary, operating statement, and balance sheet
accounts are provided for the General Fundand the other governmental fund types.
Operating statement accounts and balance sheet accounts are also provided for
governmental activities at the government-wide leveland the proprietary and fiduciary
funds of the City of Smithville that you will use in Chapters 5-9 of the problem. As the
city’s new accountant (lucky you!), it is your job to enter the city’s initial accounting
information as of December 31, 2016, in preparation for placing the new accounting
system in full operation effective January 1, 2017.
Required
Open the City of Smithville software by clicking on the Cities of Smithville and
Binghamprogram. If creating a new project, click [Create New Project], when the
[Create New Project] window appears choose City of Smithville from the [Choose a
City] drop down menu. In addition, in the [Enter your name] box type your name so
that it will appear on all printable reports, and click [Create]. This will create the project
and provide access to all of the funds and accounts that you will need to complete the
Full Version City of Smithville cumulative problem.
To protect yourself from possible hard drive failure or corruption of your project data
file, we recommended that you save your file to not only your hard drive but also another
location (e.g., flash drive or the cloud), creating a backup file for your project at the end
of each session.
To open an existing project, click on [Open Existing Project]in the opening window.
a.

If it is not already displayed, select [General Fund] in the [Current Accounting
Entity] window and the [Accounts] tab. Clicking on the [Accounts] tab allows you
to see the chart of accounts that will be used for the [General Fund]. A different
chart of accounts is provided for each of the accounting entities. Next, select the
[Journal] tab and click the drop down menu for [Account (# - Description)]. You
will see the same general ledger accounts that were listed when you clicked on the
[Accounts] tab. (Note: For purposes of this exercise, date suffixes are omitted from
the Expenditures and Encumbrances accounts as expenditures occur only from a
single year’s appropriations.) You will not use all of the accounts listed for this
project.

b.

The trial balance for the General Fund of the City of Smithville as of December 31,
2016, follows. Select the [Journal] tab and create a journal entry to enter the
balance sheet accounts and amounts shown in the trial balance (review software
operating procedures in Chapter 1 of these instructions if necessary). Be sure to
enter 2016from the drop-down[Year] menu and enter the paragraph number from
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these instructions in the [Transaction Description] box of the [Journal]. For this
entry you should enter 2-b.Select the appropriate accounts individually and insert the
appropriate amounts. (Note: Enter all dollar amounts without dollar signs,
without commas, and without decimal points. All amounts in this project should
be rounded to the nearest whole dollar unless instructed otherwise. For all
entries, it is vitally important that the correct year be selected.)
You must enter each account and amount one line at a time by clicking [Add Entry].
The year and transaction description need only be entered for the first line of the
journal entry; it will remain selected for the rest of the accounts. When you have
completed entering all account data and amounts, verify your entries, including date
and paragraph numbers. When you are sure that your entries are correct, click [Post
Entries] to post the items to the general ledger of the General Fund.
CITY OF SMITHVILLE
General Fund Post-Closing Trial Balance
As of December 31, 2016
General Ledger
Account Title
Debits
Cash
$ 376,290
Taxes Receivable—Delinquent
391,756
Allowance for Uncollectible Delinquent Taxes
Interest and Penalties Receivable on Taxes
40,126
Allowance for UncollectibleInterest and Penalties
Due from Other Funds
12,000
Due from State Government
165,000
Inventory of Supplies
66,000
Vouchers Payable
Due to Other Funds
Due to Federal Government
Due to State Government
Fund Balance—Nonspendable—Inventory
of Supplies
Fund Balance—Restricted—Public Safety
Fund Balance—Committed—Public Works
Fund Balance—Assigned—Culture and Recreation
Fund Balance—Unassigned
Totals
$1,051,172

Credits

$ 70,650
13,190

272,187
6,400
135,720
32,600
66,000
15,000
29,700
56,800
352,925
$1,051,172

Unpost capability. As discussed in Chapter 1 of these instructions, the City of
Smithville software program permits students to “unpost” a particular batch of posted
transactions. Unposted entries then can be edited and re-posted. In addition, any
omitted entries can be inserted above a selected journal line in any unposted batch of
entries. Recall from Chapter 1 that the insert function will not work when you try to
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insert above an account that has a related subsidiary ledger. Prior to unposting a
batch, all batches must be posted.
Select [Reports, Trial Balances, Post-Closing Trial Balance] and print or save as a
.pdf file the post-closing trial balance for year 2016. Retain the printed trial balance
in your personal cumulative folder until the due date assigned by your instructor for
the project, or submit a saved version of the trial balance electronically if directed to
do so by your instructor.
c.

Select [Governmental Activities, Government-wide Level] in the [Current
Accounting Entity] drop-down box and the [Accounts] tab. You will see most of
the accounts included in the preceding trial balance, plus many other accounts that
will be used in the various chapters of the City of Smithville project.

d.

Select the [Journal] tab and create a journal entry to enter the statement of net
position (i.e., balance sheet) accounts and amounts shown in the following trial
balance. It is necessary to enter these items in the accounts of the governmental
activities category at the government-wide level as the general journal and general
ledger for governmental activities comprise a separate “set of books” from those for
the General Fund. Be sure to enter 2016from the drop-down date menu and enter 2d in the [Transaction Description]box. Select each account individually and insert
the appropriate debit or credit amount for each account. When you have completed
entering the initial data, verify the accuracy and click [Post Entries] to post the
entry to the governmental activities, government-wide general ledger.

CITY OF SMITHVILLE
Governmental ActivitiesGovernment-wide Level
Post-Closing Trial Balance
As of December 31, 2016
General Ledger
Account Title
Debits
Credits
Cash
$ 376,290
Taxes Receivable—Delinquent
391,756
Allowance for Uncollectible Delinquent Taxes
$ 70,650
Interest and Penalties Receivable on Taxes
40,126
Allowance for Uncollectible Interest and Penalties
13,190
Due from State Government
165,000
Internal Receivables from Business-type Activities
12,000
Inventory of Supplies
66,000
Land
4,180,000
Infrastructure
9,862,000
Accumulated Depreciation—Infrastructure
2,713,944
Buildings
6,296,000
Accumulated Depreciation—Buildings
1,731,000
Equipment
3,556,800
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment
1,765,480
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Vouchers Payable
Due to Federal Government
Due to State Government
Internal Payables to Business-type Activities
Net Position—Net Investment in Capital Assets
Net Position—Restricted for Public Safety
Net Position—Unrestricted
Totals

$24,945,972

272,187
135,720
32,600
6,400
17,684,376
15,000
505,425
$24,945,972

e. Select [Reports, Trial Balances, Post-Closing Trial Balance] and print the trial
balance for 2016, or submit a saved .pdf version of the trial balance electronically if
directed to do so by your instructor. Retain in your cumulative file until the due date
for your project or the time specified by your instructor.
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save
your work.If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you
want to save your changes before closing.

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Chapter 3Recording the Annual Budget
The following budget for the General Fund of the City of Smithville was legally adopted
for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2017.
Estimated Revenues:
Taxes:
Real Property
Sales
Interest and Penalties on Taxes
Licenses and Permits
Fines and Forfeits
Intergovernmental Revenue
Charges for Services
Miscellaneous Revenues
Total Estimated Revenues

$1,679,070
1,960,000
9,000
600,000
410,000
275,000
236,000
91,300
$5,260,370

Appropriations:
General Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Miscellaneous
Total Appropriations

$ 667,200
2,565,500
905,000
604,300
460,800
47,100
$5,249,900

Estimated Other Financing Sources and Uses:
Interfund Transfer Out
$

20,000

Required
a.

After opening the file you created for Chapter 2 of this project, record the budget in
the general journal, providing entries in the Detail Journal when directed. Begin by
selecting [General Fund] in the [Current Accounting Entity] drop-down box and
the [Journal] tab. In the [Year] box, be sure to select the year 2017. Enter 3-a in
the [Transaction Description] box. Select “Estimated Revenues” in the drop down
[Account (# - Description)] window. This will take you automatically to the Detail
Journal where you will enter the detail for each estimated revenue source. In the
Detail Journal, select “Budget Authorization” from the drop-down menu for
[Transaction Description].
When you have finished entering the estimated revenue detail information, verify
that the correct total amount is shown in the Detail Journal, then click on [Return to
General Journal] and the total estimated revenues will be entered in the general
journal Estimated Revenues control account. Follow the same procedure to record
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the budget detail for Appropriations. To complete this entry debit or credit
Budgetary Fund Balance as appropriate to balance the budgetary entry.
To finish recording the budget debit Budgetary Fund Balance andcredit Estimated
Other Financing Uses—Interfund Transfer Out for $20,000. Note that budgetary
entries have no effect on governmental activities at the government-wide level and
thus the budget information is only recorded in the General Fund.
When you are satisfied you have made the entries correctly, post them to the general
ledger by clicking on [Post Entries]. Before posting, or after unposting as described
previously, you can edit, delete or insert entries in the journal by placing the cursor
in the line you want to adjust and then right-clicking.Note that the “Insert Entry”
function will work if you are inserting an entry prior to a balance sheet account.
However, it will not work when inserting an entry prior to any account that has an
associated subsidiary ledger (e.g., estimated revenues, expenditures).If you make too
many errors and want to start over, you can select [Student Assistance] from the
[File] menu and completely wipe out all data from the current fund or governmental
activities entity on which you are working. Generally, such radical action should be
unnecessary given the [Unpost] and [Insert] capabilities of the program, as
described previously.
b.

Go to [Reports], print the pre-closing subsidiary ledgers and pre-closing trialbalance
for year 2017 from the “Reports” window for retention in your cumulative file until
directed by your instructor to submit them, or submit saved versions of these
documents electronically if directed to do so by your instructor. As of this time, only
the budget has been recorded.This is your last opportunity to print or export
these documents with budget information only. After operating transactions have
been journalized and posted in Chapter 4, subsidiary ledgers and trial balances will
contain both budgetary and operating accounts and balances.

Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save your
work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you want to
save your changes before closing.

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Chapter 4 Recording Operating Transactions Affecting the General
Fund and Governmental Activities at the Government-wide
Level
Presented below are a number of transactions for the City of Smithville that occurred
during fiscal year 2017, the year for which the budget given in Chapter 3 was recorded.
Read all instructions carefully.
a. After opening the data file containing your data from Chapters 2 and 3 of this project,
record the following transactions in the general journal for the General Fund and, if
applicable, in the general journal for governmental activities at the government-wide
level. For all entries, the date selected should be year 2017. For each of the
paragraphs that requires entries in both the General Fund and governmental activities
journals, you can either record them in both journals on a paragraph-by-paragraph
basis or, alternatively, record all the General Fund journal entries first for all
paragraphs, then complete the governmental activities journal entries for all
paragraphs. Regardless of the method you choose, we recommend that you refer to
the illustrative journal entries in Chapter 4 of the Reck andLowensohntextbook
(17thedition) for guidance in making all entries.
For each entry affecting budgetary accounts or operating statement accounts, the
Detail Journal will automatically opento allow you to record the appropriate amounts
in the detail budgetary or actual accounts, as was the case in Chapter 3.
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save
your work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you
want to save your changes before closing.
1. [Para. 4-a-1] On January 2, 2017, real property taxes were levied for the year in
the amount of $1,731,000. It was estimated that 3 percent of the levy would be
uncollectible.
Required: Record this transaction in both the General Fund and governmental
activities journal. (Note: Type 4-a-1 as the paragraph number in the [Transaction
Description] box for this entry; 4-a-2 for the next transaction, etc. Careful
referencing by paragraph number is very helpful should you need to determine
where you may have omitted a required journal entry or made an error.)Select
“Accrued Revenue” in the drop down [Transaction Description] menu in the
Detail Journal related to the General Fund entry.
2. [Para. 4-a-2] Encumbrances were recorded in the following amounts for purchase
orders issued against the appropriations indicated:

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General Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Miscellaneous
Total

$ 98,453
183,259
217,675
174,469
108,927
41,563
$824,346

Required: Record the encumbrances in the General Fund general journal and
Detail Journal as appropriate. In the Detail Journal, select “Purchase Orders”
from the drop down [Transaction Description] menu. You can also type in an
alternative description, if desired.
3. [Para. 4-a-3] Cash was received during the year in the total amount of $5,584,052
for collections from the following receivables andcash revenues, as indicated:
Current Property Taxes
Delinquent Property Taxes
Interest and Penalties Receivable on Taxes
Due from Other Funds/Internal Receivables
Due from State Government
Revenues: (total: $3,476,247)
Sales Taxes
Licenses and Permits
Fines and Forfeits
Intergovernmental
Charges for Services
Miscellaneous
Total

$1,561,535
335,000
34,270
12,000
165,000
1,981,203
601,314
410,660
160,000
231,820
91,250
$5,584,052

Required: Record the receipt of cash and the related credits to receivables and
revenues accounts, as applicable, in both the General Fund and governmental
activities journals. (Select “Received in Cash” in the drop down [Transaction
Description] menu in the Detail Journal related to the General Fund revenue
entries.)
For purposes of the governmental activities entries at the government-wide level
assume the following revenue classifications:
General Fund
Sales Taxes
Licenses and Permits
Fines and Forfeits

Governmental Activities
General Revenues—Taxes—Sales
Program Revenues—General Government—
Charges for Services
Program Revenues—General Government—
Charges for Services

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Intergovernmental
Charges for Services

Miscellaneous

Program Revenues—Public Safety—Operating
Grants and Contributions
Program Revenues—General Government—
Charges for Services, $143,850
Program Revenues—Culture and Recreation—
Charges for Services, $87,970
General Revenues—Miscellaneous

4. [Para. 4-a-4] Additional interest and penalties were accrued on delinquent
property taxes in the amount of $2,840, of which 10 percent was estimated to be
uncollectible.
Required: Record this accrual in both the General Fund and governmental
activities general journals.
5. [Para. 4-a-5] General Fund payrolls for the year totaled $4,403,038. Of that
amount, $572,395 was withheld for employees' federal income taxes; $660,456
for federal payroll taxes; $190,798 for employees’ state income taxes; $220,152
for retirement funds administered by the state government; and the remaining
$2,759,237 was paid to employees in cash. The City of Smithville does not record
encumbrances for payrolls. The payrolls were chargeable against the following
functions’ appropriations:
General Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Total

$ 550,376
2,381,644
690,481
431,673
348,864
$4,403,038

Required: Make summary journal entries for payroll in both the General Fund
and governmental activities general journals for the year.
6. [Para. 4-a-6] Invoices for some of the goods recorded as encumbrances in
transaction 4-a-2 were received and vouchered for later payment, as listed below.
Related encumbrances were canceled in the amounts shown (Select “Elimination”
in the drop down [Transaction Description] menu in the Detail Journal):

General Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Miscellaneous

Expenditures
$ 94,776
175,406
194,408
172,872
108,187
41,160
$786,809

Encumbrances
$ 94,752
175,620
194,512
173,002
108,150
41,563
$787,599
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Required: Record the receipt of these goods and the related vouchers payable in
both the General Fund and governmental activities journals. At the governmentwide level, you should assume the city uses the periodic inventory method. Thus,
the invoiced amounts above should be recorded as expenses of the appropriate
functions, except that $32,340 of the amount charged to the Public Works
function was for a vehicle (debit Equipment for this item at the government-wide
level). Expenditures charged to the miscellaneous appropriation should be
recorded in this case as General Government expenses at the government-wide
level.
7. [Para. 4-a-7] During FY 2017, the City of Smithville received notification that
the state government would send $115,000 to it at the beginning of the next fiscal
year. Based on the city’s definition of “available for use,” the city considers the
funds available to use for Public Safety’s operating activities in the current
reporting period. The budget for the current year included this amount as
“IntergovernmentalRevenue.”
Required: Record this transaction as a receivable and revenue in the General
Fund and governmental activities journals. (Note: Select “Accrued Revenue” in
the [Transaction Description] box in the Detail Journal). At the governmentwide level, assume that this item is an operating grant to the Public Safety
function.
8. [Para. 4-a-8] Checks were written in the total amount of $2,622,090 during 2017.
These checks were in payment of the following items:
Vouchers Payable
Due to Other Funds/Internal Payables
Due to Federal Government
Due to State Government
Total amount paid

$995,600
6,400
1,218,400
401,690
$2,622,090

Required: Record the payment of these items in both the General Fund and
governmental activities general journals.
9. [Para. 4-a-9] Current taxes receivable uncollected at year-end, and the related
Allowancefor Uncollectible Current Taxes account, were both reclassified as
delinquent.
Required: Record these reclassifications in the General Fund and governmental
activities journals.
10. [Para. 4-a-10] The city’s budget for 2017 was legally amended as follows:

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Estimated Revenues:
Decreases
Taxes—Sales
Charges for Services
Total
Appropriations:
Public Works
Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Miscellaneous

Estimated Other Financing Uses:
Interfund Transfer Out

$ 5,000
$ 5,000

Increases
$ 20,000
$ 20,000

$ 3,200
1,750
$ 2,000
5,000
$7,000

$ 4,950

$ 10,000

Required: Record the budget amendments in the General Fund general journal
only. Budgetary items do not affect the government-wide accounting
records.(Note: Select “Budget Amendment” in the [Transaction Description]
box in the Detail Journal.)
11. [Para. 4-a-11] Interest and penalties receivable on delinquent taxes was increased
by $11,000; $1,000 of this was estimated as uncollectible.
Required: Record this transaction in the General Fund and governmental
activities journals.
12. [Para. 4-a-12] Services received by the General Government function of the
General Fund from the Solid Waste Disposal Fund amounted to $18,200 during
the year. Of this amount, $15,400 was paid in cash and $2,800 remained unpaid at
year-end.
Required: Record the receipt of these services, amounts paid during the year,
and remaining liability in the General Fund and governmental activities journals.
At the government-wide level the liability should be credited to Internal Payables
to Business-type Activities. Do not record these items in the Solid Waste
Disposal Fund until instructed to do so in Chapter 7 of this case.
13. [Para. 4-a-13] Delinquent taxes receivable in the amount of $17,150 were written
off as uncollectible. Interest and penalties already recorded as receivable on these
taxes, amounting to $8,820, were also written off. Additional interest on these
taxes that had legally accrued was not recorded since it was deemed uncollectible
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Required: Record this transaction in the General Fund and governmental
activities journals.
14. [4-a-14] In December 2017, the General Fund transferred $10,000 to the Street
Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund to assist with an interest payment due on
January 1, 2018.
Required: Record this transaction in the General Fund only. The transaction has
no effect at the government-wide level since it occurs between two governmental
activities.Do not record this transaction in the Street Improvement Bond
Debt Service Fund until instructed to do so in Chapter 6 of this case.
15. [4-a-15]Adjusting Entry. A physical count of consumable supplies at year-end
showed an ending balance of $67,420, an increase of $1,420 during the year. The
city uses the purchases method of accounting for its inventory in the General
Fund and the consumption method at the government-wide level. Since the city
uses a periodic inventory system, both at the fund and governmental levels, it
records all purchases of inventory as expenditures in the General Fund and as
expenses at the government-wide level. These were included as part of the
amounts recorded in paragraph 4-a-6. Adjustments to the expenses accounts
should be made to the Public Works function, where most supplies are used.
Required: Prepare the adjusting journal entries in the General Fund journal to
adjust the Inventory of Supplies and Fund Balance—Nonspendable—Inventory of
Supplies accounts to the correct balances and the governmental activities journal
to adjust the Expenses—Public Works and Inventory of Supplies accounts.
Post all journal entries to the general and subsidiary ledgers: After reviewing
all entries for accuracy, including year and paragraph numbers, post all entries
tothe general ledger accounts and to all subsidiary ledger accounts, by clicking on
[Post Entries]. Also post all entries in the governmental activities journal.
16. Closing Entry.Following the instructions in the next paragraph, prepare and post
the necessary entries to close the Estimated Revenues, Appropriations, and
Estimated Other Financing Uses accounts to Budgetary Fund Balance, and
Revenues,Expenditures, and Other Financing Usesto Fund Balance—Unassigned.
Because the City of Smithville honors all outstanding encumbrances at year-end,
it is not necessary to close Encumbrances to Encumbrances Outstanding at yearend since encumbrances do not affect the General Fund balance sheet or statement
of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances. If, however, you would
like to avoid having these accounts appear in the post-closing trial balance, you
can opt to close Encumbrances to Encumbrances Outstanding. If the accounts are
closed, they would need to be reestablished at the beginning of the next year.
To close the temporary accounts, you must click on the check mark for [Closing
Entry], “Closing Entry” will appear in the [Transaction Description] box. Be
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sure the check mark in the box for [Closing Entry] is showing before closing
each individual account. Also, you will be sent to the Detail Journal where you
must close each individual budgetary or operating statement account. To
determine the closing amounts for both General Ledger and subsidiary ledger
accounts, you will need to first save and print the pre-closing version of these
ledgers for year 2017 from the [Reports] menu.
At year-end, an analysis by the city’s finance department determined the
following constraints on resources in the General Fund. Prepare the appropriate
journal entry in the General Fund to reclassify amounts between Fund Balance—
Unassigned and the fund balance accounts corresponding to the constraints shown
below. (Note: You should consider the beginning of year balances in fund
balance accounts in calculating the amounts to be reclassified. Be sure the check
mark in the box for [Closing Entry] is showing before closing each individual
account.)
Account
Fund Balance—Restricted—Public Safety
Fund Balance—Committed—Health and Welfare
Fund Balance—Committed—Public Works
Fund Balance—Assigned—Culture and Recreation

Ending Balance
$36,000
43,000
12,700
0

Note: DO NOT PREPARE CLOSING ENTRIES FOR GOVERNMENTAL
ACTIVITIES AT THIS TIME since governmental activities will not be closed
until Chapter 9, after the capital projects fund (Chapter 5) and debt service fund
(Chapter 6) transactions affecting governmental activities at the government-wide
level have been recorded.
b. Select [Export] from the drop down [File] menu to create an Excel worksheet of the
General Fund post-closing trial balance as of December 31, 2017. Use Excel to
prepare in good form a balance sheet for the General Fund as of December 31, 2017.
Follow the format shown in Illustration 4-3 of Reck andLowensohn, Accounting for
Governmental & Nonprofit Entities,17th edition textbook (hereafter referred to as
“the textbook”). Alternatively, you can click on [Reports] to print the post-closing
trial balance and use the printed copy to manually prepare a balance sheet.
c. Select [Export] from the drop down [File] menu to create an Excel worksheet of the
General Fund pre-closing subsidiary ledger account balances for the year 2017. Use
Excel to prepare in good form a statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in
fund balance for the General Fund for the year ended December 31, 2017. (See
Illustration 4-4 in the textbook for an example format.)
d. Use the Excel worksheet of the General Fund pre-closing subsidiary ledger account
balances created in part c above to prepare in good form a schedule of revenues,
expenditures, and changes in fund balance—budget and actual for the General Fund

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for the year ended December 31, 2017. (See Illustration 4-5 in the textbook for an
example format.)
e. Prepare a reconciliation of total expenditures reported in your solution to part c of this
problem with the total expenditures and encumbrances reported in your solution to
part d of this problem. (In Chapter 4below Illustration 4-5, see discussion and
example which compares Illustrations 4-4 and 4-5.)
[Note: File the printouts of all your worksheets and your completed financial
statements in your cumulative problem folder until directed by your instructor
to submit them, unless your instructor specifies submission of files electronically,
in which case you will need to save a .pdf version of you trial balances.]
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save your
work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you want to
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Chapter 5 Recording Capital Asset Transactions
Street Improvement Capital Projects Fund and Governmental Activities at the
Government-wide Level
During late 2016, the voters of the City of Smithville authorized tax-supported bond
issues totaling $8,000,000 as partial financing for a series of projects to construct streets,
curbs, culverts, and storm sewers in various parts of the city. The estimated total cost of
the series of projects, which are expected to extend over the next three years, was
$10,200,000. In addition to the bondfinancing, voters also approved a special ½ cent sales
tax to assist in financing the projects. The sales tax begins January 1,2017 and will
continue for fiveyears. The sales tax is projected to generate $500,000 each year.
Required
a. Prepare general journal entries as necessary to record the transactions described
below in the Street Improvement Fund general journal and, if applicable, in the
governmental activities general journal. Do not record entries at this time in other
affected funds; those entries will be made in the later chapters of this cumulative
problem that cover the affected funds. Use account titles listed under the drop down
[Account (# - Description)] menu. Be sure the year 2017 is selected from the dropdown [Year] menu and the appropriate paragraph number shown in bold-face font
below is in the [Transaction Description] box.
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save
your work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you
want to save your changes before closing.
1. [Para. 5-a-1] In early 2017, design plans and specifications for the first project,
the Elm Street Project, were submitted by a construction engineering firm. The
firm billed the Street Improvement Fund for $125,000.
Required: Record this billing and the related Vouchers Payable liability in the
Street Improvement Fund and governmental activities journals. (Note: this
transaction was not encumbered.)
2. [Para. 5-a-2] On March 1, 2017, the city signed a $40,000, 90-day tax
anticipation note bearing interest of 2.5 percent per annum.
Required: Record this transaction in the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities journals.
3. [Para. 5-a-3] A $335 purchase order for advertisements soliciting bids for the
Elm Street Project was issued during April2017. The bill for advertising in the
amount of $330 was received and a voucher for payment was issued.
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Required: Record the encumbrance, billing, and the Vouchers Payable liability
in the Street Improvement Fund and governmental activities journals, as
appropriate.
4. [Para. 5-a-4] On April15, 2017, construction bids were opened and analyzed. A
bid of $2,100,000 was accepted, and the contract was awarded for the Elm Street
Project. The contract provided for a retained percentage of 5 percent from each
progress payment, and from the final payment, until final inspection and
acceptance by the city’s public works inspectors.
Required: Record the signing of the contract in the Street Improvement Fund
general journal. This transaction has no effect at the government-wide level.
5. [Para. 5-a-5] Sales tax revenue of $190,000 was received.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities general journals.
6. [Para. 5-a-6] Vouchers payable accumulated to date were paid in April 20, 2017.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities general journals.
7. [Para. 5-a-7] On May 6, 2017, 4% deferred serial bonds with a face value of
$2,000,000 were sold for a total amount of $2,070,000, of which $28,000was for
accrued interest from the January 1, 2017 date of the bonds and $42,000 was a
premium on the bonds sold.Cash in the amount of the accrued interest and
premium was deposited directly in the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service
Fund. Cash in the amount of $2,000,000 was deposited and recorded in the Street
Improvement Fund.
Required: Record these transactions in the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities journals. (Hint: In addition to recording the liability for
bonds payable in the governmental activities journal, you should record the
premium on the bonds payable [credit Premium on Deferred Serial Bonds] and
accrued interest on bonds sold [we recommend that you credit Expense—Interest
on Long-term Debt] in the governmental activities general journal for the $28,000
of accrued interest.) For now you should not make the entries in the Street
Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund to record the accrued interest and
premium. Those entries will be made in Chapter 6 of this cumulative problem.
8. [Para. 5-a-8] The city repaid the $40,000 tax anticipation note plus interest of
$250 ($40,000 X .025 X 90/360)(See transaction 2).

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Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities general journals. The $250 of interest should be debited
to Interest Expenditures in the Street Improvement Fund journal and to
Expenses—General Government in the governmental activities journal.
9. [Para. 5-a-9] In July 2017, the contractor for the Elm Street Project reported that
the project was one-half completed and requested a progress payment of
$1,050,000. This amount was paid in late July, less the contractual retention of 5
percent.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities general journals.
10. [Para. 5-a-10] Construction engineers engaged by the city submitted design plans
and specifications for the second street improvement project, the “Spruce Street
Project.” Vouchers were approved in the amount of $90,000 in payment for the
engineering services.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities journals. (Note: This transaction was not encumbered.)
11. [Para. 5-a-11] In late November 2017 the Elm Street project was completed and
the contractor for the project requested a final payment of $1,070,000. This
amount was recorded as a liability. Payment was made, less the retained
percentage, on December 1, 2017.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities journals.
12. [Para. 5-a-12] Additional sales taxes were collected in the amount of $320,000
on December 15, 2017.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities journals.
13. [Para. 5-a-13] Outstanding vouchers for engineering services were paid.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities journals.
14. [Para. 5-a-14] The city engineer approved the final construction on the Elm
Street Project, and the city paid the retained percentage (Transactions 9 and 11) to
the contractor.
Required: Record this transaction in both the Street Improvement Fund and
governmental activities journals. Total construction costs for the Elm Street
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Project should be capitalized in the Infrastructure account in governmental
activities.
15. Verify the accuracy of all your preceding entries in the Street Improvement Fund
and governmental activities general journals, then click [Post Entries] of each
entity to post the entries to the respective general ledgers. For the Street
Improvement Fund only, prepare year-end closing entries for 2017 and post them
to the fund’s general ledger, Fund Balance—Restricted. (Note: You must click
on the box for [Closing Entry] to check mark it;“Closing Entry” will appear in
the [Transaction Description] box for the account being closed. Be sure the
check mark is present for each account being closed.) Click [Post Entries] to
post the closing entry. Under current GASB standards encumbrances and
encumbrances outstanding are not reported in any financial statements.
Consequently, there is no need to close these accounts since the Spruce Street
Project is still underway at year-end. Closing entries will be made in the
governmental activities general journal in Chapter 9 of this cumulative problem.
Ignore those entries for now.
c. Export the post-closing trial balance for year 2017 to an Excel worksheetand use
Excel to prepare a balance sheet for the Street Improvement Fund as of December 31,
2017. (See Illustration 4-3 in the textbook for an example of an appropriate format of
a governmental fund balance sheet.). In addition, print the post-closing trial balance
from the [Reports] drop-down menu.
d. Export the pre-closing trial balance for year 2017 to an Excel worksheet and use
Excel to prepare a statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance
for the Street Improvement Fund for the year ended December 31, 2017. (See
Illustration 5-3 in textbook for an example of the format of a capital projects fund
statement of revenues, expenditures and changes in fund balance.). Print the preclosing trial balance from the [Reports] drop-down menu.
[Note: Retain all required printouts and your financial statements in your
cumulative folder until directed by your instructor to submit them, unless your
instructor prefers to have files submitted electronically, in which case you will
need to save a .pdf version of your trial balance.]

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Chapter 6 Transactions Affecting General Long-term Liabilities and
Debt Service
The City of Smithville created a Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund to be used
to retire the bonds issued for the purposes described in Chapter 5 of this cumulative
problem, and to pay the interest on the bonds. The $2,000,000 face value of bonds issued
during 2017 are dated January 1, 2017, but were not issued until May 6, 2017. Because
bondholders will receive six months of interest on July 1, 2017 in the total amount of
$40,000, they were required to pay $28,000on the date of issue to pay the city for
unearned interest from January 1 to May 6. The bonds bear interest of 4 percent per
annum. The first interest payment of $40,000 is due July 1, 2017. Subsequent
semiannual interest payments will be made January 1 and July 1 of each following year
until the maturity of the bonds. Bonds in the amount of $500,000are to mature five years
after the date of the bonds (January 1, 2022), and $100,000 is to mature January 1 of each
year thereafter until all the bonds issued in 2017 have been retired. Thus, these bonds are
deferred serial bonds as discussed in Chapter 6 of the textbook. Make entries as
instructed in the following paragraphs.
Bond covenants related to this bond issue require the city to levy property taxes sufficient
to make principal and interest payments until the bonds have been retired. The city
council has approved a resolution to enable the property tax levy, beginning in fiscal year
2018. As the bond issue did not occur until May 2017, the city will not levy debt service
property taxes until next year.
a. Prepare general journal entries, as necessary to record the transactions described
below in the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund general journal and, if
applicable, in the governmental activities general journal. Use account titles listed
under the drop down [Account (# - Description)] menu. Be sure the year 2017 is
selected from the drop-down [Year] menu and the appropriate paragraph number
shown in bold-face font below is in the [Transaction Description] box.
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save
your work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you
want to save your changes before closing.
1. [Para. 6-a-1] In early May 2017, an amendment to the annual budget for 2017
was approved by the city council for inflows and outflows in the Street
Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund related to the bond issue. The debt service
fund budget amendment provides for estimated other financing sources of
$42,000 for the premium on bonds sold, estimated other financing sources of
$10,000 for a transfer from the General Fund that will be used to help pay interest
due on January 1, 2018,estimated revenues of $28,000 for accrued interest on
bonds sold, and appropriations in the amount of the one interest payment of
$40,000 to be made during 2017. (The payment that is due on July 1, 2017.)

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Required: Record the budget for the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service
Fund for year 2017. Budgetary entries have no effect on the government-wide
accounting records.
2. [Para. 6-a-2] On May 6, 2017, the premium and accrued interest on bonds sold
were received by the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund. (See
Transaction 5-a-7 in the Street Improvement Fund.)
Required: Record this transaction in the debt service fund. No entry is required
at this time in the governmental activities general journal since the bond issue,
including the related premium and accrued interest, was recorded in the
governmental activities general journal in transaction 5-a-7.
3. [Para. 6-a-3] The July 1, 2017, interest payment was made in the amount of
$40,000. (Note: Since you credited Expense—Interest on Long-Term Debt for
$28,000 in 5-a-7 in the governmental activities general journal you can record the
full July 1, 2017, interest payment as a debit to Interest Expense, less amortization
of the premium.)
Required: Record this transaction in both the debt service fund and the
governmental activities general journals. For the entry in the governmental
activities journal, assume that the appropriate amount of amortization of the
Premium on Deferred Serial Bonds Payable for the periodthe bonds have been
outstanding (May 6 to July 1) is $585. (Note: Although premiums and discounts
on bonds issued are not amortized in a debt service fund, they should be
amortized at the government-wide level since the accrual basis of accounting is
used at that level.)
4. [Para. 6-a-4] Make the required journal entry in the governmental activities
general journal to accrue six months of interest payable on the 4% deferred serial
bonds from the July 1 interest payment until the end of the fiscal year, December
31, 2017. For this entry, assume that the appropriate amount of amortization of
the Premium on Deferred Serial Bonds Payable is $1,750. (Recall that interest is
not accrued for the period July 1 to December 31, 2017 in the debt service fund as
no appropriation exists for this expenditure and the interest is not due this fiscal
year.)
5. [Para. 6-a-5] To permit payment of the $40,000 interest payment due on January
1, 2018, the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund received $10,000 from
the General Fund. That amount together with available cash balance in the debt
service fund will be sufficient to cover the January 1, 2018, interest payment.
Required:Record the interfund transfer in the debt service fund journal only.
This transaction was previously recorded in the General Fund in Chapter 4 of this
problem. The transaction has no effect at the government-wide level since it
occurs between two governmental funds.
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6. Verify the accuracy of journal entries, including dates and paragraph numbers,
and, if you have not already done so, post all entries to the general ledger of both
the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund and governmental activities by
clicking on [Post Entries]. Make the entries needed to close the budgetary and
operating statement accounts at the end of fiscal year 2017. Operating statement
accounts should be closed to Fund Balance—Restricted. Make this entry only in
the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund journal. Be sure that for each
account being closed that the check mark for [Closing Entry] is on and that
“Closing Entry” appears in the [Transaction Description] box. (Note: Closing
entries for governmental activities at the government-wide level will be made in
Chapter 9 of this cumulative problem.)
b. Go to [File/Export] and export Excel files of the pre-closing and post-closing trial
balances for the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund as of December 31,
2017, and use them to prepare a balance sheet; statement of revenues, expenditures,
and changes in fund balances; schedule of revenues, expenditures, and changes in
fund balances—budget and actual for the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service
Fund.
[Note: Retain all required printouts in your cumulative folder until directed by
your instructor to submit them, unless your instructor specifies submission of
files electronically, in which case you will need to save a .pdf version of your trial
balance.]
c. As given later in Chapter 8 of this project, the assessed valuation of property within
the City of Smithville is $314,727,270. Assuming the legal general obligation debt
limit is 8 percent of assessed valuation, prepare in good form a schedule showing the
legal debt limit, debt outstanding subject to the limit, and the legal debt margin of the
city as of December 31, 2017, rounding the debt limit to the nearest whole dollar (see
Illustration 6-3 for an example). A note at the bottom of the schedule should disclose
that $40,000 of restricted fund balance in the debt service fund is restricted for
payment of interest rather than principal repayment and therefore should be excluded
from your schedule. In addition, the note should disclose the bonds authorized but
unissued, as described in the introductory paragraph of Chapter 5 of the City of
Smithville cumulative problem. This will inform the reader that additional debt
issuances are pending.

Fiscal year 2018 Transactions:
d. On January 2, 2018, the City of Smithville approved the issuance of additional street
improvement bonds in the total amount of $3,000,000. The new bonds will be serial
bonds and will bear interest at the nominal annual rate of 3.5 percent. These bonds are
dated January 1, 2018, and will be issued during the next few months when the city’s
bond underwriters believe market conditions are most favorable.

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The first interest payment on the new bonds will be due on July 1, 2018; interest will
be payable January 1 and July 1 of each following year until maturity. Bonds in the
amount of $250,000will mature on January 1, 2019, and in the same amount at each
interest payment date thereafter until all bonds of the 2018 issue have been retired.
To give you some additional practice on accounting for a debt service fund, record
the following events and transactions that are presumed to occur in fiscal year 2018in
the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund only.

You should ignore entries that would be required in the General
Fund and in the governmental activities general journal related to
these transactions for fiscal year 2018.Keep in mind that these
transactions will not affect the 2017 financial statements that will be
prepared in Chapter 9.Be sure to select 2018 in the [Year] menu.
1. [Para. 6-d-1] On January 2, 2018, the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service
Fund budget for 2018is legally adopted. The budget should provide for estimated
property tax revenue of $640,000, of which $120,000 will be invested to
accumulate resources over the next four years for the $500,000 principal that will
be due for payment on January 1, 2022 for the 4% deferred serial bonds. The
budget should include estimated investment earnings of $3,000 during 2018.
Property tax revenues are intended to help pay $80,000 interest due during 2018
on the 4% deferred serial bonds (due January 1 and July 1), as well as the $52,500
interest payment that will be due on the 3.5% serial bonds on July 1, 2018. The
property tax levy will also provide resources to help pay interest of $92,500 due
on January 1, 2019 ($40,000 interest on the 4% deferred serial bonds and $52,500
on the 3.5% serial bonds). No premium or accrued interest on bonds sold is
included in the 2018 estimated other financing sources or estimated revenues. If
the Street Improvement Debt Service Fund does receive such items, they will be
invested and used for eventual bond redemption or interest payments, and the
budget will be amended accordingly to reflect such items.
Required: Record the budget for FY 2018 in the general journals for the Street
Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund. [As a reminder, you should make
journal entries for FY 2018only in the debt service fund, ignoring any entries
for governmental activities at the government-wide level or any other funds.]
2. [Para. 6-d-2] Property taxes were levied in the amount of $660,000, of which
$20,000 was estimated to be uncollectible.
3. [Para. 6-d-3] Bond interest due on January 1, 2018 in the amount of $40,000 was
paid for the 4% deferred serial bonds.
4. [Para. 6-d-4] On March 1, 2018, the Street Improvement Debt Service Fund
received $30,000 of premium from the sale of the additional $3,000,000 street
improvement bonds (see first paragraph of section d.), plus $17,500 for two
months of accrued interest ($47,500 in total). The $47,500 of premium and
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accrued interest was invested in temporary investments earning 3 percent per
annum.
Required: Prepare journal entries to record the receipt of $47,500 in cash and the
subsequent investment. Also, prepare a journal entry to amend the FY 2018
budget to reflect the amounts of the premium and accrued interest on bonds sold,
including an additional amount for estimated revenues for investment earnings in
the amount of $1,187. (Note: You should credit Budgetary Fund Balance for the
full $48,687, since the appropriation for the interest payment due on July 1, 2018,
was recorded in Paragraph 6-d-1).
5. [Para. 6-d-5] By June 30, 2018, property taxes had been collected in the amount
of $325,000; $200,000 was invested in temporary investments that earn 3 percent
per annum.
6. [Para. 6-d-6] Bond interest of $40,000 due July 1, 2018 on the deferred
serialbonds issued in 2017 and $52,500on the 3.5% serial bonds issued in 2018
was paid on that date.
7. [Para. 6-d-7]During the second half of 2018, property taxes were collected in the
amount of $290,000. At year-end, the uncollected amount of current property
taxes receivable and related estimated uncollectible amount were reclassified as
delinquent. Interest and penalties of $3,600 were also levied, of which $180 was
estimated as uncollectible.
Required: Prepare the journal entries to record the receipt of current property
taxes, to reclassify the uncollected amount as delinquent, and to accrue the related
interest and penalties.
8. [Para. 6-d-8] Investment earnings received in cash during the year amounted to
$4,187.
9. After verifying the accuracy of the preceding entries, post the amounts to the
general ledger accounts by clicking [Post Entries]. Prepare closing entries for
the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund as of December 31, 2018. For
each account closed, be sure and click on the check mark for[Closing Entry] and
that “Closing Entry” appears in the [Transaction Description] box. Post the
closing entries to the general ledger by clicking [Post Entries].
e. Export the post-closing trial balance (click on [File]-[Export]) for year 2018 to Excel
to prepare a balance sheet for the Street Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund as of
December 31, 2018.
f. Export a pre-closing trial balance for year 2018 to Excel to prepare a statement of
revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance for the Street Improvement
Bond Debt Service Fund for the year ended December 31, 2018.
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g. Use the same trial balance exported in item f above to prepare a schedule of revenues,
expenditures, and changes in fund balance—budget and actual for the Street
Improvement Bond Debt Service Fund for the year ended December 31, 2018.
[Note: Retain a printout of all worksheets and your financial statements in your
cumulative file until directed by your instructor to submit them, unless your
instructor specifies that you should submit files electronically, in which case you will
need to save a .pdf version of your trial balance.]

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Chapter 7 Recording Transactions Affecting the Enterprise Fund and
Business-type Activities
The City of Smithville accounts for its solid waste collection and disposal activities in an
enterprise fund. The balance sheet for the Solid Waste Disposal Fund as of December 31,
2016, appears below.
CITY OF SMITHVILLE
Solid Waste Disposal Fund
Post-closing Trial Balance
As of December 31, 2016
Account Title
Cash
Customer Accounts Receivable
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
Due from Other Funds
Inventories
Land
Buildings
Accumulated Depreciation—Buildings
Equipment
Accumulated Depreciation—Equipment
Vouchers Payable
Due to Other Funds
Accrued Payroll and Fringe Benefits
Net Position—Net Investment in Capital Assets
Net Position—Unrestricted
Totals

Debits
$ 315,000
117,100

Credits

$ 6,140
6,400
4,060
600,000
1,650,000
791,250
1,340,400

$4,032,960

755,640
45,180
12,000
66,720
2,043,510
312,520
$4,032,960

Required
a. Open a general journal as of December 31, 2016, for the Solid Waste Disposal Fund
by entering each of the accounts and amounts shown in the above post-closing trial
balance. Enter 2016 from the drop-down [Year] menu. Each of the account titles will
be found in the drop down menu [Account (# - Description)] in the [Journal] view
of the program. Be sure to enter 7-a as your paragraph number in the [Transaction
Description] box and enter the appropriate paragraph number for all subsequent
journal entries. Verify the accuracy of your journal entry and post it to the general
ledger by clicking [Post Entries]. Unless your instructor specifies electronic
submission, print a post-closing trial balance as of December 31, 2016, and retain it in
your cumulative file until directed by your instructor to submit it.
Entries in this enterprise fund arenot recorded at the government-wide level since
enterprise funds and business-type activities at the government-wide level both use
the same (accrual) basis of accounting and same (economic resources) measurement
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focus. Thus, the same information recorded in the accounts of the enterprise fund can
also, with only slight modification, be reported as business-type activities at the
government-wide level.
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save
your work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you
want to save your changes before closing.
b. Record the following events and transactions, which occurred during the year ended
December 31, 2017. Be sure that 2017appears in the [Year] menu.
1. [Para. 7-b-1] Billings to customers of the Solid Waste Disposal Fund totaled
$2,247,532 for the year, including $18,200 billed to City of Smithville
departments accounted for in the General Fund. For the amount billed to City of
Smithville departments you should debit Due from Other Funds.
2. [Para. 7-b-2] Equipment costing $335,000 was purchased on July 1, 2017. Cash
in the amount of $135,000 was paid at the time of purchase; the vendor accepted
revenue anticipation notes in the amount of $200,000 to finance the remainder of
the equipment. Of this amount, $100,000 of the notes will be payable on July 1,
2018; the other $100,000 will be payable on July 1, 2019. All notes bear interest
at the rate of 4 percent per year. (Record only the purchase and the related
payment of cash and issuance of notes at this time; interest will be recorded in a
later transaction.)
3. [Para. 7-b-3]Vouchers for materials and supplies to be used in the operations of
the fund were issued in the total amount of $773,500 (debit Inventories).
4. [Para. 7-b-4] Collections from customers totaled $2,234,545 during 2017. This
amount included $21,800 collected from the General Fund (see 7-a balance and 7b-1 above).
5. [Para. 7-b-5] Payrolls and fringe benefits paid in cash during the year totaled
$1,221,724 including the amount accrued at December 31, 2016.
6. [Para. 7-b-6] Accrued salaries and fringe benefits at year-end amounted to
$66,053. Inventories of materials and supplies used in operations during the year
amounted to $773,480, at cost.
7. [Para. 7-b-7] Vouchers in the amount of $778,600 and the amount Due to Other
Funds were paid during the year.
8. [Para. 7-b-8] The city uses the following annual straight-line depreciation rates:
Buildings, 2.5 percent; Equipment, 10 percent (equipment purchased during the
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the year). Apply these rates to the original cost of buildings and equipment as of
December 31, 2016, assuming no residual or salvage value.
9. [Para. 7-b-9] Interest of $4,000 had accrued on the notes payable as of year-end
(see transaction 7-b-2).
10. [Para. 7-b-10] Management decided to increase the allowance for doubtful
accounts by $960 at year-end.
11. After verifying the accuracy of all entries for the preceding transactions, post
amounts to the general ledger accounts by clicking [Post Entries].
c. Prepare entries to close all operating statement accounts at the end of 2017 and to
reclassify the two net position accounts, as appropriate. Be sure that the check mark
for [Closing Entry] is on for each account being closed and that “Closing Entries”
appears in the [Transaction Description] box. When completed, post the closing
entries to the general ledger by clicking [Post Entries].
d. Click on [File]-[Export] to export a post-closing trial balance for year 2017, and use
Excel to prepare a statement of net position for the Solid Waste Disposal Fund as of
December 31, 2017.
e. Click on [File]-[Export] to export a pre-closing trial balance for year 2017, and use
Excel to prepare a statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position for
the Solid Waste Disposal Fund for the year ended December 31, 2017. Interest
expense should be considered a nonoperating item.
f. Use the post-closing trial balance for year 2016from Part a of this chapter and the
trial balances from parts d and e above to prepare and save an Excel version
statement of cash flows for the Solid Waste Disposal Fund for the year ended
December 31, 2017.
[Note: Retain a printout of all worksheets and your financial statements in your
cumulative file until directed by your instructor to submit them, unless your
instructor specifies that you should submit computer files electronically,in which
case you will need to save a .pdf version of you trial balances.]

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Chapter 8 Recording Transactions Affecting a Fiduciary Fund—a Tax
Agency Fund
The City of Smithville administers a tax agency fund that bills and collects property taxes
levied by the governing bodies of the Smithville Consolidated School District (CSD),
Smith County, and the Smith County Fire Protection District (FPD), in addition to those
levied by the City of Smithville for its General Fund. (Note: Beginning in FY 2018, the
tax agency fund will also account for property tax billing and collection for the City of
Smithville’s debt service fund. That fund will not levy property taxes for FY 2017.)As
permitted by state law, the City of Smithville charges a collection fee of one percent of
all taxes collectedfor the other governments.

CITY OF SMITHVILLE
Tax Agency Fund
Post-closing Trial Balance
As of December 31, 2016
Account Title
Taxes Receivable for Other Funds and
Governments—Delinquent (including
related interest and penalties)
Due to Other Funds and Governments
Totals

Debits
$1,977,075

$1,977,075

Credits

$1,977,075
$1,977,075

Required
a. Open a general journal as of December 31, 2016, for the Tax Agency Fund by
entering the two accounts and amounts shown in the above post-closing trial balance.
Enter 2016 from the drop-down [Year] menu. Each of the account titles will be found
in the drop down menu [Account (# - Description)] in the [Journal] view of the
program. Be sure to enter 8-a as your paragraph number in the [Transaction
Description] box. Verify the accuracy of your journal entry and post it to the general
ledger by clicking [Post Entries]. Unless your instructor specifies electronic
submission, print a post-closing trial balance as of December 31, 2016 and retain it in
your cumulative file until directed by your instructor to submit it.
[Note: Entries in this fund are not recorded at the government-wide level.
Fiduciary activity information is reported only in the fiduciary fund statements
and not at the government-wide level.]
b. The following schedule shows the tax rates that have been established by the various
taxing authorities for fiscal year 2017.

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Tax Rates Applicable to Governments
Served by the Tax Agency Fund
Fiscal Year 2017
(All amounts rounded to next higher dollar)
Tax Rate
(Per $100
Assessed
Governments/Funds
of Assessed Valuation) Valuation
City of Smithville:
General Fund
$0.55
$314,727,270
Total city rate and levy
$0.55
Smithville CSD:
General Fund
$2.40
$370,931,790
Debt service fund
0.12
Total CSD rate and levy
$2.52
Smith County:
General Fund
$0.30
$370,931,790
County Road and Bridge Fund
0.32
Total county rate and levy
$0.62
Smith County FPD:
General Fund
$0.95
$155,336,546
Fire Station Construction Fund
0.30
Total county FPD rate and levy $1.25
Grand Total tax rates and levies*
$4.94
*

Tax
Levy
$1,731,000
$1,731,000
$8,902,363
445,119
$9,347,482
$1,112,796
1,186,982
$2,299,778
$1,475,698
466,010
$1,941,708
$15,319,968

Note: Each property owner willreceive a tax bill equal to the tax rates of all taxing
authorities that have jurisdiction over his/her property times the assessed valuation of
his/her property. Shown above are the aggregate taxes levied by each government,
which are also the total amounts billed by the Tax Agency Fund to all taxpayers in
each jurisdiction.
Record the following transactions that occurred during 2017 in the general journal of
the Tax Agency Fund.
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save
your work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you
want to save your changes before closing.
1.

[Para. 8-b-1] On January 2, 2017,the city’s tax administrator mailed annual tax
bills to all property owners in the total amount of $15,319,968 (see preceding
table). The tax administrator maintains a detailed tax ledger to track amounts
billed to and collected from each taxpayer and total amounts applicable to each
fund and government. You need only record the grand total amount shown in
the schedule above in the general journal, as illustrated in Chapter 8 of Reck and
Lowensohn.

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2.

[Para. 8-b-2] Delinquent taxes and related interest and penalties were collected
during the year for the taxing authorities shown below:

Governments/Funds:
City of Smithville General Fund
Smithville CSD
Smith County
Smith County FPD
Total collected

Delinquent Interest and
Taxes
Penalties
Total
$ 335,000
$ 34,270 $ 369,270
722,650
57,810
780,460
459,980
41,400
501,380
162,560
13,050
175,610
$1,680,190
$146,530 $1,826,720

Required: Record the collections of delinquent taxes and interest and penalties
by recognizing specific liabilities to each fund or government. The 1 percent
collection fee should be deducted from the amounts due to other governments;
the total amount deducted from other governments should be added to the
amount due to the City of Smithville General Fund. (Note: Round all amounts to
the nearest whole dollar.) Make these entries only in the Tax Agency Fund
general journal. The Tax Agency Fund records the total amount of delinquent
taxes and related interest and penalties in the Taxes Receivable for Other Funds
and Governments—Delinquent account. (Note: All cash receipts and collection
fees were recorded in earlier chapters in the journals for the General Fund and
governmental activities at the government-wide level. The collection fees,
though not separately identified, were included in Revenues—Charges for
Services in the General Fund and in Program Revenues—General Government—
Charges for Services in governmental activities.)
3.

[Para. 8-b-3]All cash collected in paragraph 8-b-2 was transferred to the other
funds and governments in the amounts calculated, adjusted for collection fees
deducted or added (see Para. 8-b-2).

4.

[Para. 8-b-4] Current taxes were collected during the year for the funds and
governments shown below:
Current Taxes
Funds/Governments:
Collected
City of Smithville General Fund
$1,561,535
Smithville CSD
8,412,730
Smith County
2,069,800
Smith County FPD
1,747,540
Total collected
$13,791,605
Required: Record the collections of current taxes and recognize specific
liabilities to each fund or government, after deducting the 1 percent collection
fee from other governments and adding the total collection fee to the amount due
the City of Smithville General Fund. Make these entries only in the Tax Agency
Fund general journal.

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5.

[Para. 8-b-5] All cash collected in paragraph 8-b-4 was transferred to the other
funds and governments, adjusted for collection fees deducted or added. (Note:
For simplicity, Chapter 4 of Smithville did not address this collection of fees by
the agency fund.)

6.

[Para. 8-b-6]Make the year-end journal entry to reclassify all uncollected
current taxes as delinquent. Add to the receivable amount interest and penalties
of 4 percent on the reclassified amount (round amount to nearest whole dollar).
The interest and penalties portion of the total amount should be debited to Taxes
Receivable for Other Funds and Governments—Delinquent and credited to Due
to Other Funds and Governments. You need only record the aggregate amounts
reclassified in the general journal; the tax administrator will update the detailed
tax ledger records for these reclassifications.

c. Post the journal entries for all the preceding transactions,and thenexport apost-closing
trial balance for 2017to Excel. Use the trial balance to prepare a statement of
fiduciary net position for the Tax Agency Fund (for an example of an agency fund,
see the last column of Illustration A2-10 in Appendix A of Chapter 2 of the text).
You should deduct $176,373 of delinquent taxes receivable and related interest and
penalties receivablefrom the amounts recorded as Taxes Receivable for Other Funds
and Governments—Delinquent. The same amount should be deducted from the
liability account Due to Other Funds and Governments. The city’s General Fund
portion of these account balances must be deducted as only the amounts applicable to
other governments can be reported in a fiduciary fund statement. Taxes receivable
and interest and penalties receivable that are applicable to the city itself were reported
in the General Fund balance sheet that you prepared in Chapter 4 of this project.
[Note: Retain the post-closing trial balance as of December 31, 2017, and the
statement of fiduciary net position in your cumulative folder, unless your
instructor requests electronic submission of your documents, in which case you
will need to save a .pdf version of you trial balances.]

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Chapter 9 Adjusting and Closing Entries for Governmental Activities,
Government-wide Level; Preparation of Government-wide
and Major Fund Financial Statements
a. Prior to preparing financial statements at the end of FY 2017, it is necessary to record
depreciation expense for the year for governmental activities at the government-wide
level.
Based on general capital assets assigned to specific functions, depreciation expense
related to equipment and infrastructure is allocated to functions as shown below:

General Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Totals

Equipment
$ 44,460
177,840
115,596
44,460
62,244
$444,600

Infrastructure

$ 98,620

$ 98,620

In addition, depreciation expense for buildings in the amount of $209,000 is allocated
to functions according to the percentage of total floor space of buildings used by each
function. The Public Works director has provided the following information for the
current year:

General Government
Public Safety
Public Works
Health and Welfare
Culture and Recreation
Total

Percentage of Building
Floor Space Used
20%
35
22
10
13
100%

Required:[Para. 9-a] Record depreciation expense for the year 2017 in the
governmental activities general journal at the government-wide level. Verify
accuracy of the adjusting entries and post to the general ledger by clicking [Post
Entries].
b. Closing Entries.Although closing entries were made in each fund in Chapters 4
through 6 of this cumulative problem, they have not yet been recorded at the
government-wide level.
Required: Record the journal entries required on December 31, 2017, to close all
temporary accounts for governmental activities at the government-wide level. These
entries should also recognize changes in the accounts Net Position—Net Investment
in Capital Assets,Net Position—Restricted for Public Safety (see General Fund), Net
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Position—Restricted for Capital Projects (see Capital Projects Fund to calculate net
position), and Net Position—Restricted for Debt Service (see Debt Service Fund to
calculate net position). (Note: Be sure to deduct accrued interest on long-term
debt in calculating the December 31, 2017 balance of Net Position—Restricted
for Debt Service.) For each account to be closed or reclassified, be sure and click on
the check mark for [Closing Entry] and that “Closing Entries” appears in the
[Transaction Description]box. Post the closing entries to the general ledger by
clicking on [Post Entries].
Before closing the City of Smithville, click on [File], and [Save/Save As] to save
your work. If you close the file by clicking on the [X] box you will be asked if you
want to save your changes before closing.
c. Use the exportable trial balances used in Chapters 2 through 7 of this problem and
export the pre-closing trial balance and post-closing trial balance for governmental
activitiesto prepare all government-wide and fund financial statements that the City of
Smithville must presentfor its basic financial statements to be in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. (See Illustrations 9-3 through 9-8 and A2-1
through A2-9 of the Reck and Lowensohntextbook for examples of these statements.)
We recommend that you use Excel to prepare these financial statements; however,
your instructor may want you to do these manually. Since the Solid Waste Disposal
Fund is the only fund in the proprietary funds category, you may reprint the statement
of net assets; statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net assets; and the
statement of cash flows prepared for the Solid Waste Disposal Fund as the required
statements for the proprietary fund basic financial statements, with appropriate
changes to the titles of the statements. The information for the Solid Waste Disposal
Fund can also be used to complete the Business-type Activities columns of the
government-wide financial statements.
[Notes: The City of Smithville is a primary government and has no other
organizations for which it is accountable as component units. Also, the FY 2018
financial information for the Street Improvement Debt Service Fund is not
included in any of the basic financial statements you are preparing, as the
statements you are preparing pertain only to FY 2017.]

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Chapter 10 Analysis of Financial Condition (Optional, unless assigned by
your instructor)
Prepare a written evaluation of the City of Bingham’s financial position and condition
as of December 31, 2017. Begin by calculating some of the following ratios found in
Chapter 10 of the textbook:
From Illustration 10-3
Revenue Measures:
Intergovernmental revenues
Operating Position Measures:
Revenues over expenditures
Operating surplus/deficit
Fund balances
Liquidity
Debt Indicators:
Long-term debt
Current liabilities
Debt service

From Illustration 10-4
Financial Position:
Unrestricted net position
Debt to assets
Current ratio
Financial Performance:
Interperiod equity
Financial Capability:
Bonded debt per capita
Available legal debt limit

These ratios provide some benchmark information either in the illustrations or in
exercise 10-15, part f. For purposes of calculating per capita ratios, assume the
population of the City of Smithville is 25,000.
Retain a print-out of your evaluation in your cumulative project folder, unless your
instructor specifies submission by e-mail.

Chapter 11 Preparation of Audit Report (Optional, unless assigned)
Prepare the audit report you believe would be appropriate for a certified public
accountant to express on the financial statements of the City of Smithville, assuming
that only generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) promulgated by the AICPA
apply to the City of Smithville. Explain the rationale for the nature of the audit report
(qualified or unqualified) rendered.
If you have been maintaining a cumulative file, assemble all required printed reports
and financial statements in the proper sequence and turn them in to your instructor.

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