Accounting For Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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Author: RECK, Jacqueline L., Lowensohn, Suzanne L., NEELY, Daniel G.
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Chapter 4, Problem 19EP
On July 1, 2020, the beginning of its fiscal year, Ridgedale County recorded gross property tax levies of $4,200,000. The county estimated that 2 percent of the taxes levied would be uncollectible. As of April 30, 2021, the due date for all property taxes, the county had collected $3,900,000 in taxes. During the current fiscal year, the county collected $53,000 in delinquent taxes and $4,800 in interest and penalties on the delinquent taxes. The county imposed penalties and interest in the amount of $14,500 but only expects to collect $12,800 of that amount. At the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2021), uncollected taxes, interest, and penalties are reclassified. They are not expected to be collected within the first 60 days for the following fiscal year.
Required
- a. Prepare journal entries to record the tax levy on July 1, 2020, in the General Fund. (Ignore all entries in the governmental activities journal.)
- b. Prepare a summary
journal entry to record the collection of current taxes as of April 30. - c. Prepare a summary journal entry to record the collection of delinquent taxes, interest, and penalties. (You may assume that these amounts had been designated Deferred Inflows of Resources.)
- d. Prepare the journal entry necessary to reclassify the uncollected tax amounts as delinquent. Assume these taxes are not expected to be collected within 60 days of year-end.
- e. Prepare the journal entry necessary to record interest and penalties if they are not expected to be collected soon after year-end.
- f. Suppose that a portion of the delinquent taxes included in part d is collected within 60 days of year-end. Would this information affect the accounting treatment of the taxes?
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1. At the beginning of 2020, the balance sheet of a county general fund reports $500,000 in property taxes receivable from 2019, of which $350,000 are considered uncollectible. During 2020 the county sends out tax bills in the amount of $10,000,000, of which $600,000 are expected to be uncollectible. Cash collections on 2019 taxes are $140,000, and the remaining uncollected taxes are written off. Cash collections on 2020 taxes are $9,500,000. Of the $500,000 uncollected at the end of 2020, $100,000 are expected to be collected within 60 days, $65,000 are expected to be collected more than 60 days after year-end, and the rest are uncollectible.The general fund's balance sheet at the end of 2020 will include:
Select one:
A. Property taxes receivable, net of uncollectibles, of $100,000
B. Deferred inflows of $65,000
C. Property taxes receivable, net of uncollectibles, of $500,000
D. Deferred inflows of $165,000
2.
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Accounting For Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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