General capital assets are accounted for differently in fund and government-wide financial statements. A city engaged in
Question:
General capital assets are accounted for differently in fund and government-wide financial statements. A city engaged in the following transactions during a year.
a. It acquired computer equipment at a cost of $40,000.
b. It completed construction of a new jail, incurring $245,000 in new costs. In the previous year, the city had incurred $2.5 million in construction costs. The project was accounted for in a capital projects fund.
c. It sold for $16,000 land that it had acquired three years earlier for $28,000.
1. Prepare journal entries to reflect the transactions in an appropriate governmental fund (e.g., a general fund or a capital projects fund).
2. Prepare journal entries to reflect the transactions in the city’s government-wide statements.
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Core Concepts of Government and Not For Profit Accounting
ISBN: 978-0471737926
2nd edition
Authors: Michael H. Granof, Penelope S. Wardlow