$4-18.$ Recording Encumbrances and Expenditures. $($LO$4-1)$

During the current year, the City of Hickory Hills issued purchase orders to various vendors in the

amounts shown for the following functions of the city:

General Government $$164,200$

Public Safety $302,000$ Public Works $224,400$

Culture and Recreation $181,700$

Health and Welfare $168,100$

Miscellaneous $24,600$

Total $$1,065,000162$

All goods ordered during the year were received at the following actual costs:

General Government $$159,800$

Public Safety $301,700$

Public Works $226,800$ Culture and

Recreation $181,700$

Health and Welfare $171,300$

Miscellaneous $25,600$

Total $$1,066,900$

Required

a$.$ Prepare a summary journal entry in the General Fund general journal to record the issuance of

purchase orders. In addition, show subsidiary detail for the Encumbrances ledger.

b$.$ Prepare summary journal entries in the General Fund general journal to record the receipt of and

payment for goods during the year. In addition, show subsidiary detail for the Encumbrances and

Expenditures ledgers.

c$.$ Does the fact that the actual cost of goods received during the year exceeded the estimated cost

when ordered suggest a budgetary or management problem?