The City of Asher had the following transactions, among others, in 20X7: 1. The council estimated that
Question:
The City of Asher had the following transactions, among others, in 20X7:
1. The council estimated that revenues of $210,000 would be generated for the General Fund in 20X7. The sources and amounts of expected revenues are as follows:
Property taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $150,000
Parking meters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000
Business licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30,000
Amusement licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,000
Charges for services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,000
Other revenues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,000
$210,000
2. Property taxes of $152,000 were levied by the council; $2,000 of these taxes are expected to be uncollectible.
3. The council adopted a budget revision increasing the estimate of amusement licenses revenues by $2,000 and decreasing the estimate for business licenses revenues by $2,000.
4. The following collections were made by the city:
Property taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $140,000
Parking meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,500
Business licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,000
Amusement licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,500
Charges for services (not previously accrued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000
Other revenues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10,000
$202,000
5. The resources of a discontinued Capital Projects Fund were transferred to the General Fund, $4,800.
6. Enterprise Fund cash of $5,000 was paid to the General Fund to subsidize its operations.
Required
a. Prepare general journal entries and budgetary entries to record the transactions in the General Ledger and Revenues Subsidiary Ledger accounts.
b. Prepare a trial balance of the Revenues Ledger after posting the general journal entries prepared in item (a). Show agreement with the control accounts.
c. Prepare the general journal entry(ies) to close the revenue accounts in the General Ledger and Revenues Ledger.
Step by Step Answer:
Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
ISBN: 978-0132751261
10th edition
Authors: Robert Freeman, Craig Shoulders, Gregory Allison, Robert Smi