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Chapter 8, Problem 24EP
Fiduciary Financial Statements. (LO8-4) Ray County administers a tax custodial fund, an investment trust fund, and a private-purpose trust fund. The tax custodial fund acts as custodian for the county, a city within the county, and the school district within the county. Participants in the investment trust fund are the Ray County General Fund, the city, and the school district. The private-purpose trust is maintained for the benefit of a private organization located within the county. Ray County has prepared the following statement of fiduciary net position.
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The statement as presented is not in accordance with GASB standards. Using Illustration A2–10 (recall that the City and County of Denver statements use agency rather than custodial given they were issued prior to the change in terminology) and Illustration 8–6 as examples, identify the errors (problems) in the statement and explain how the errors should be corrected.
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6. Washington County assumed the responsibility of collecting property taxes for all governments within its boundaries. In order to reimburse the county for expenditures for administering the Tax Agency Fund, the Tax Agency Fund is to deduct 1.5 percent from the collections from the city and school district. The total amount deducted is to be added to the collections for the county and remitted to the County General Fund. You are to record the following transactions in the accounts of the Washington County Tax Agency Fund.
1. Current year tax levies to be collected by the Tax Agency Fund were:County General Fund -- $9,800,000Town of Samuels -- 6,200,000Washington County School District -- 9,600,000
2. In the first half of the year $4,120,000 was collected for the County General Fund, $3,456,000 for the Town and $4,608,000 for the School District.
3. Liabilities to all three units were recorded.
Required: Record the transactions in the accounts of the Washington County Tax Agency Fund.
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The county collector of Sun County is responsible for collecting all property taxes levied by funds and governments within
the boundaries of the county. To reimburse the county for estimated administrative expenses of operating the tax
custodial fund, the custodial fund deducts 2 percent from the collections for the town, the school district, and the other
towns. The total amount deducted is added to the collections for the county and remitted to the Sun County General
Fund.
The following events occurred during the year:
1. Current-year tax levies to be collected by the custodial fund were
County General Fund
Town of Bayshore
Sun County Consolidated School District
Total
$ 7,664,480
5,508,845
10,778,175
$23,951,500
2. During the year, $20,358,000 of the current year's taxes was collected.
3. The 2 percent administrative collection fee was recorded. A schedule of amounts collected for each…
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The county collector of Sun County is responsible for collecting all property taxes levied by funds and governments within
the boundaries of the county. To reimburse the county for estimated administrative expenses of operating the tax
custodial fund, the custodial fund deducts 4 percent from the collections for the town, the school district, and the other
towns. The total amount deducted is added to the collections for the county and remitted to the Sun County General
Fund.
The following events occurred during the year:
1. Current-year tax levies to be collected by the custodial fund were
County General Fund
Town of Bay
Sun County Consolidated School District
Total
$10,373,000
4,860,000
6,570,000
$21,803,000
2. During the year, $13,740,000 of the current year's taxes was collected.
3. The 4 percent administrative collection fee was recorded. A schedule of amounts collected for each participant,…
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ACCOUNTING F/GOV.+..(LL)-W/CODE>CUSTOM<
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Ch. 8 - What is OPEB and how is OPEB reported by...Ch. 8 - Prob. 12CCh. 8 - Prob. 13CCh. 8 - Prob. 14CCh. 8 - Prob. 15CCh. 8 - Prob. 17.1EPCh. 8 - Which of the following is not a fiduciary fund? a....Ch. 8 - Prob. 17.3EPCh. 8 - Fiduciary fund activities are not included in the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 17.5EPCh. 8 - Prob. 17.6EPCh. 8 - The city has installed sidewalks using special...Ch. 8 - Prob. 17.8EPCh. 8 - Fiduciary funds a. Are accounted for using the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 17.10EPCh. 8 - Prob. 17.11EPCh. 8 - An investment trust fund would report in the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 17.13EPCh. 8 - Which pension fund financial statement or schedule...Ch. 8 - Prob. 17.15EPCh. 8 - Prob. 18.1EPCh. 8 - Prob. 18.2EPCh. 8 - The county collects taxes on behalf of the county,...Ch. 8 - Prob. 18.4EPCh. 8 - Prob. 18.5EPCh. 8 - At the date of the creation of the investment...Ch. 8 - The city council of the City of Great Falls...Ch. 8 - The city council of the City of Great Falls...Ch. 8 - Prob. 18.9EPCh. 8 - Prob. 18.10EPCh. 8 - Tax Custodial Fund. (LO8-2) The county collector...Ch. 8 - Special Assessment Debt. (LO8-2) Residents of...Ch. 8 - Identification of Fiduciary Funds. (LO8-2, LO8-3,...Ch. 8 - Investment Trust Fund. (LO8-3) The Albertville...Ch. 8 - Pass-through Custodial Funds. (LO8-2) Evergreen...Ch. 8 - Fiduciary Financial Statements. (LO8-4) Ray County...Ch. 8 - Fiduciary Fund Financial Statements. (LO8-4)...Ch. 8 - Prob. 26EPCh. 8 - Prob. 27EP
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