Advanced Financial Accounting
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Author: Christensen, Theodore E., COTTRELL, David M., Budd, Cassy
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.18.1P
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General fund: It accounts for all financial resources except for those accounted for in another fund. It includes transactions for general governmental services provided by the entity’s executive, legislative, and judicial operations. The accounting for the general fund includes accounting for the inter-fund activities on the general fund’s operating statement, the statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance.
The treatment of estimated revenue in the adopted budget for general fund.
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