08121425 Level I Training Book

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GASB GAAP #3

o Fund financial statements: • Governmental Funds

– Current financial resources measurement focus/modified accrual basis of accounting – General fund, special purpose funds, debt services funds, capital projects funds, permanent funds – Focus on major fund – Balance sheet

– Statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances – Required reconciliations to government-wide financial statements

• Proprietary Funds

– Economic resources measurement focus/full accrual basis of accounting – Enterprise funds & internal service funds – Focus on major fund – Statement of net position – Statement of revenues, expenses and changes in net position – Statement of cash flows

• Fiduciary Funds

– Resources held by the government in a trust or agency capacity – Trust funds and agency funds – Statement of fiduciary net position – Statement of change in fiduciary net position

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Financial Statements Elements #1

• Elements of statement of financial position (aka balance sheet):

o Assets are resources with present service capacity that the government presently controls. o Liabilities are present obligations to sacrifice resources that the government has little or no discretion to avoid. o A deferred outflow of resources is a consumption of net assets by the government that is applicable to a future reporting period. o A deferred inflow of resources is an acquisition of net assets by the government that is applicable to a future reporting period. o Net position is the residual of all other elements presented in a statement of financial position. (A resource , which in the governmental context is an item that can be drawn on to provide services to the citizenry)

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