Project: Accounting 140 Spring 2022

The intent of the project is to integrate the governmental accounting concepts presented in class with the actual implementation of governmental concepts as presented by two large government organizations.

Milwaukee County (the county) and The City of Milwaukee (the city) are the two largest government agencies in the Milwaukee Area. Both have taxing authority and both provide services to a large number of constituents. Both the county and the city prepare annual budgets and publish information concerning the process and the results. In the project folder are two documents that will assist you in preparing your project. One is the 2022 budget for the City of Milwaukee and one is the 2022 recommended budget for Milwaukee County. There are two parts to the project. There are eight items to be answered between the two parts. Scoring for each question is below. Develop your answers for maximum points. Answering a simple there are none or answering using a single sentence is not sufficient and will result in no points.

The first part is labeled as Project Intro. It is worth 30 points. There are two questions for the first part:

(1) Describe the differences in the presentations prepared by the city and the county.

(2) Identify how both the county and the city report on the General Fund.

Accounting 140 Spring 2022 The intent of the project is to integrate the governmental accounting concepts presented in class with the actual implementation of governmental concepts as presented by two large government organizations. Milwaukee County (the county) and The City of Milwaukee (the city) are the two largest government agencies in the Milwaukee Area. Both have taxing authority and both provide services to a large number of constituents. Both the county and the city prepare annual budgets and publish information concerning the process and the results. In the project folder are two documents that will assist you in preparing your project. One is the 2022 budget for the City of Milwaukee and one is the 2022 recommended budget for Milwaukee County. There are two parts to the project. There are eight items to be answered between the two parts. Scoring for each question is below. Develop your answers for maximum points. Answering a simple there are none or answering using a single sentence is not sufficient and will result in no points.