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 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 govemmental 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 joumals 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. If you choose the latter method, it might be useful to print the General Fund general journal entries to assist in making the entries in the governmental activities journal. Regardless of the method you choose, we highly recommend that you refer to the illustrative journal entries in Chapter 4 of the Reck and Lowensohn textbook (17 edition) for guidance in making all entries a. For each entry affecting budgetary accounts or operating statement accounts, the Detail Journal will automatically open to 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 may have 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: 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 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 govemmental 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 joumals 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. If you choose the latter method, it might be useful to print the General Fund general journal entries to assist in making the entries in the governmental activities journal. Regardless of the method you choose, we highly recommend that you refer to the illustrative journal entries in Chapter 4 of the Reck and Lowensohn textbook (17 edition) for guidance in making all entries a. For each entry affecting budgetary accounts or operating statement accounts, the Detail Journal will automatically open to 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 may have 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
