Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
17th Edition
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 6, Problem 16.4EP
Which one of the following statements regarding debt margin is correct?
- a. Debt margin is the total amount of indebtedness of specified types of debt that is allowed by law to be outstanding at any one time.
- b. Debt margin is calculated without regard to debt that is authorized but not yet issued.
- c. Debt margin is the difference between the legal debt limit and the amount of net indebtedness subject to limitation.
- d. All of the above statements regarding debt margin are correct.
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In accounting for short-term debt expected to be refinanced to long-term debt:
a. GAAP uses the authorization date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.
b. IFRS uses the authorization date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.
c. IFRS and GAAP use the financial statement date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.
d. GAAP uses the date of issue, but only for secured debt, to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.
In accounting for short-term debt expected to be refinanced to long-term debt:(a) GAAP uses the authorization date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.
(b) IFRS uses the authorization date to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.
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(d) GAAP uses the date of issue, but only for secured debt, to determine classification of short-term debt to be refinanced.
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Chapter 6 Solutions
Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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