Hatcher Township prepares its annual General Fund budget on the cash basis and maintains its accounting records

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Hatcher Township prepares its annual General Fund budget on the cash basis and maintains its accounting records on the cash basis during the year. At the end of Hatcher Township’s 20X9 calendar year, you determine the following:


Hatcher Township prepares its annual General Fund budget on the


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(1) Prepare a worksheet to derive a GAAP basis (including accruals) statement of revenues and expenditures for the Hatcher Township General Fund for the 20X9 fiscal year.
(2) Could the readers of the budgetary basis and GAAP basis statements get different impressions of the 20X9 operating results of the Hatcher Township General Fund?Explain.

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Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the accounting standard adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). While the SEC previously stated that it intends to move from U.S. GAAP to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the...
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Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting

ISBN: 978-0132751261

10th edition

Authors: Robert Freeman, Craig Shoulders, Gregory Allison, Robert Smi

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