Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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ISBN: 9780078025822
Author: Jacqueline L. Reck James E. Rooks Distinguished Professor, Suzanne Lowensohn, Earl R Wilson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 16.3EP
Maxim County just completed construction of a new town hall to be used for its government offices. The employees have moved in and the new building is officially in use. The county used a capital projects fund to account for the construction of the building, and the building came in under budget. There is a fund balance of $12,000. The county should
- a. Transfer the remaining funds to the General Fund to pay operating expenses.
- b. Transfer the remaining funds to the debt service fund that will be handling the long-term debt incurred for the construction of the building.
- c. Return the excess to the source of the restricted funding.
- d. All of the above may be appropriate ways to treat the fund balance.
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