The scal year of Duchess County ends on December 31. Property taxes are due March 31 of
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1. Prepare journal entries (excluding budgetary and closing entries) to record the following property tax-related transactions in which the county engaged in 2014 and
2015.
a. On January 15, 2014, the county council levied property taxes of $170 million for the year ending December 31, 2014. Officials estimated that 1 percent would be uncollectible.
b. During 2014 it collected $120 million.
c. In January and February 2015, prior to preparing its 2014 financial statements, it collected an additional $45 million in 2014 taxes. It reclassified as delinquent the $5 million of 2014 taxes not yet collected.
d. In January 2015, the county levied property taxes of $190 million, of which officials estimated 1.1 percent would be uncollectible.
e. During the remainder of 2015 the county collected $2.5 million more in taxes relating to 2014, $160 million relating to 2015, and $1.9 million (in advance) applicable to 2016.
f. In December 2015 it wrote off $1 million of 2014 taxes that it determined would be uncollectible.
2. Suppose the county were to prepare government-wide statements and account for property taxes on a full accrual basis of accounting rather than the modified accrual basis. How would your entries differ? Explain.
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Government and Not for Profit Accounting Concepts and Practices
ISBN: 978-1118155974
6th edition
Authors: Michael H. Granof, Saleha B. Khumawala
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