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P3-2 (Budgetary and Other EntriesGeneral and Subsidiary Ledgers) The Murphy County Commissioners adopted the following General Fund budget for the 20X8 fiscal year: Murphy County

P3-2 (Budgetary and Other EntriesGeneral and Subsidiary Ledgers) The Murphy County Commissioners adopted the following General Fund budget for the 20X8 fiscal year:

Murphy County General FundBudget20X8
Estimated Revenues:
Taxes $ 8,000,000
Licenses and permits 800,000
Intergovernmental 2,000,000
Charges for services 200,000
Fines and forfeits 400,000
Other 600,000
12,000,000
Appropriations:
General government 1,000,000
Public safety 4,000,000
Highways and streets 5,000,000
Health and sanitation 900,000
Culture and recreation 400,000
Other 600,000
11,900,000
Excess of Estimated Revenues over Appropriations 100,000
Fund BalanceBeginning 1,400,000
Fund BalanceEnding (Anticipated) $1,500,000

The following events occurred during 20X8:

  1. Purchase orders issued and contracts let were expected to cost:
General government $ 300,000
Public safety 1,200,000
Highways and streets 2,500,000
Health and sanitation 500,000
Culture and recreation 300,000
Other 200,000
$ 5,000,000
  1. The commissioners reviewed the budget during the year and (a) revised the estimate of Intergovernmental Revenues to $1,500,000 and reduced the Public safety and Highways and streets appropriations by $225,000 each to partially compensate for the anticipated decline in intergovernmental revenues, and (b) increased the Health and sanitation appropriation by $70,000 because of costs incurred in connection with an unusual outbreak of Tasmanian flu.
  2. Revenues (actual) for 20X8 were:
Taxes $ 8,150,000
Licenses and permits 785,000
Intergovernmental 1,520,000
Charges for services 210,000
Fines and forfeits 395,000
Other 500,000
$11,560,000
  1. Goods and services under purchase orders and contracts were received:
Estimated Cost Actual Cost
General government $ 280,000 $ 278,000
Public safety 900,000 910,000
Highways and streets 2,500,000 2,500,000
Health and sanitation 440,000 440,000
Culture and recreation 300,000 295,000
Other 180,000 181,000
$4,600,000 $4,604,000
  1. The remaining orders are still outstanding.
  2. Other expenditures incurred were:
General government $ 700,000
Public safety 2,560,000
Highways and streets 2,271,000
Health and sanitation 485,000
Culture and recreation 45,000
Other 391,000
$6,452,000

Required

  1. Set up general ledger T-accounts like those in Illustration 3-1 and also revenues and expenditures subsidiary ledgers like those in Illustrations 3-2 and 3-3.
  2. Record the Murphy County 20X8 General Fund budget in the general ledger and subsidiary ledger accounts, keying these entries "B" (for budget). Then record the numbered transactions and events, keying these entries by those numbers.

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