The City of Monroe maintains a Water and Sewer Fund to provide utility services to its citizens.

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Question:

The City of Monroe maintains a Water and Sewer Fund to provide utility services to its citizens. As of January 1, 2015, the City of Monroe Water and Sewer Fund had the following account balances:

	Debits	Credits
Cash	$105,000
Customer Accounts Receivable	77,000
Estimated Uncollectible Accounts Receivable		$4,000
Materials and Supplies	28,000
Advance to Stores and Services Fund	30,000
Restricted Assets	117,000
Water Treatment Plant in Service	4,200,000
Construction Work in Progress	203,000
Accumulated Depreciation - Utility Plant		1,200,000
Accounts Payable		97,000
Revenue Bonds Payable		2,500,000
Net Assets		959,000
Totals	$4,760,000	$4,760,000

Required:

Open a general journal for the City of Monroe Water and Sewer Utility Fund and record the following transactions.

Use only the following accounts for the journal entries- cash, customer accounts receivable, estimated uncollectible accounts, due from general fund, materials & supplies inventories, advance to supplies and stores fund, water treatment plant, accumulated depreciation-water plant, construction in process, restricted assets, accounts payable, payroll taxes payable, due to stores & services fund, revenue bonds payable, net position (beginning), revenues-charges for sales & services, operating expenses cost of sales & services, operating expenses selling, operating expenses administration, operating expenses depreciation, non operating expenses interest.

(1) During the year, sales of water to non-government customers amounted to $1,002,000 and sales of water to the General Fund amounted to $37,000.

(2) Collections from non-government customers amounted to $962,000.

(3) The Stores and Services Fund repaid $15,000 of the long-term advance to the Water and Sewer Fund.

(4) Materials and supplies in the amount of $257,000 were received. A liability in that amount was recorded.

(5) Materials and supplies were issued and were charged to the following accounts: cost of sales and services, $164,900; selling, $15,000; administration, $18,000; construction work in progress, $50,000.

(6) Payroll costs for the year totaled $416,200 plus $34,200 for the employer’s share of payroll taxes. Of that amount, $351,900 was paid in cash, and the remainder was withheld for taxes. The $450,400 (416,200 + 34,200) was distributed as follows: cost of sales and services, $265,800; sales, $43,900; administration, $91,400; construction work in progress, $49,300.

(7) Bond interest (6½%) in the amount of $162,500 was paid.

(8) Interest in the amount of $17,000 (included in 7 above) was reclassified to Construction Work in Progress.

(9) Construction projects at the water treatment plant (reflected in the beginning balance of construction in process) were completed in the amount of $203,000, and the assets were placed in service. Payments for these amounts were made in the previous year (no effect on 2015 Statement of Cash Flows).

(10) Collection efforts were discontinued on bills totaling $3,020. The unpaid receivables were written off.

(11) An analysis of customer receivable balances indicated the Estimated Uncollectible Accounts needed to be increased by $5,500.

(12) Payment of accounts payable amounted to $297,900. Payments of payroll taxes totaled $95,200.

(13) Supplies transferred from the Stores and Services Fund amounted to $58,000. Cash in the amount of $50,000 was paid to the Stores and Services Fund for supplies.

(14) Depreciation expense for the year was computed to be $275,000.

(15) In accord with the revenue bond indenture, $25,000 cash was transferred from operating cash to restricted assets.

Prepare and post an entry closing all nominal accounts to Net Assets. Compute the balance in the net asset accounts, assuming the only restricted assets are those identified with the bond indenture and the outstanding bonds are associated with the purchase of capital assets.