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The Sherill Utility District was recently established

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The Sherill Utility District was recently established. Here is its balance sheet, after one year.

Sherill Utility District Balance Sheet as of End of Year 1 (in millions) (see attached file for data)

Note the following additional information:
a. The general fund received all of its revenue, $150 million, from taxes (all collected). It had operating expenditures, excluding transfers to other funds, of $100 million (all paid for).
b. The general fund transferred $20 million to the debt service fund. Of this, $15 million was to repay the principal on bonds outstanding; $5 million was for interest.
c. The district issued $130 million in bonds to finance construction of plant and equipment. Of this, it expended $40 million.

1. Prepare journal entries to summarize these activities in the appropriate funds. You need not make closing entries. Do not be concerned as to the specific titles of accounts to be debited or credited (e.g., whether a transfer from one fund to another should be called a "transfer," an "expense" or an "expenditure," or whether proceeds from bonds should be called "bond proceeds" or "revenues.")
2. Comment on how the district's government-wide (full accrual) statement of net assets would differ from the balance sheet presented.

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a. The general fund received all of its revenue, $150 million, from taxes (all collected). It had operating expenditures, excluding transfers to other funds, of $100 million (all paid for).
a) General Fund Dr. $ 150
To Revenue Taxes Recd.A/C $ 150
Operating Expenses A/C Dr. $100
To General Fund A/C $100

b. The general fund transferred $20 million to the debt service fund. Of this, $15 million was to repay the principal on bonds outstanding; $5 million was for interest.
b) Debt Service Fund Dr. $ 20
To General Fund $ 20
c. The district issued $130 million in bonds to finance construction of plant and equipment. Of this, it expended $40 million.
c) Capital Projects A/C Dr. $ 130
To Bonds A/C $ 130
Construction of Plant A/C Dr. $40
To Capital Projects A/C $40
The entries are based on general principals of transactions in all types of accounts that is nominal, real and expenses/income accounts

Q. Comment on how the district's government-wide (full accrual) statement of net assets would differ from the balance sheet presented.

A. 2. Comment on how the district's government-wide (full accrual) statement of net assets would differ from the balance sheet presented.
In district's government-wide (full accrual) statement of net assets
$ 15 million transferred to debt service fund for principal on bonds would not be payable in current period therefore not taken into Account only interest due of $ 5 million will be taken into Account. Therefore following will be statement of net assets:

Assets: General Funds Capital Projects Fund Debt Service Fund Total
Cash $45 $5 $50
Investments $90 $90
Net Assets $45 $90 $5 $140

Instructional Material:
Please note that following principals are followed in Govt. Accounting
Two basic types of budgets are used by governments and are the same as those used by corporate entities—an annual operating budget and a capital budget. Governmental annual operating budgets include estimated revenues and appropriations for expenditure for a specific fiscal year. Capital budgets control the expenditures for construction projects and fixed asset acquisitions. Operating or capital budgets are recorded in the accounting system as a means of control or compliance.

That is, each type of financial activity is segregated into a separate set of self-balancing asset, liability, and net asset accounts. GASB codification identifies three fund groups— governmental, proprietary, and fiduciary (GASB, 1997, Sections 1100.103 and 1100.105). Governmental funds are used to account for financial resources used in the day-to-day operations of the government. Proprietary funds are those used to account for the government's business-type activities where fees are charged for the services rendered, for example, utility services. Fiduciary funds are those used to account for funds held by the government in trust for others that cannot be used to support the government's programs, for example, an employee pension fund.
The statement of net assets displays information about the government as a whole, reports all financial and capital resources, and assists the financial statement user in assessing the medium-and long-term operational accountability of the government. Separate columns are used to distinguish between the financial data for the governmental activities and the business-type activities that comprise the total primary government. As the term statement of net assets implies, the statement format presents the assets minus liabilities that equal the total net assets, that is, equity. Assets and liabilities are presented in their order of liquidity. That is, assets are presented in the order to their nearness to producing cash, and liabilities are presented in the order to their nearness to consuming cash. Assets and liabilities may be displayed in a classified, current, and noncurrent format if desired. The government's net assets are presented in three components: (1) capital assets net of related accumulated depreciation and debt, (2) restricted net assets with constraints imposed on their use by parties outside the government, and (3) unrestricted net assets.