CPA Financial Accounting and Reporting (FAR) › Special Purpose Frameworks
A city government is currently preparing fund-based financial statements. What guides the timing of recognition for the transactions to be reported?
Accrual accounting
Modified accrual accounting
Accrual accounting for the governmental funds and modified accrual accounting for the proprietary funds
Modified accrual accounting for the governmental funds and accrual accounting for the proprietary funds
Governmental funds are prepared using the modified accrual basis of accounting, while proprietary funds use regular accrual accounting.
Under modified accrual basis accounting, revenue is recognized when:
Earned
Measurable and available
Both
Neither
Modified accrual is used by governmental funds and income is recognized when it can be reasonably measured and when it is available for usage during the year or 60 days after.
When adjusting service revenue from cash basis to accrual basis, which of the following adjustments must be made?
The ending balance of accounts receivable must be added to cash fees collected
The beginning balance of accounts receivable must be added to cash fees collected
Customer deposits received during the year must be added to cash fees collected
Beginning unearned service revenue must be subtracted from cash fees collected
To adjust cash received to accrual basis income, ending AR is added back to cash received and beginning AR is subtracted.
Which of the following is true regarding cash basis and accrual basis revenue in regards to accounts receivable?
A decrease in accounts receivable from the beginning of the year to the end of the year generally represents cash collections.
Under the cash basis, revenue is recognized when the receivable is initially recorded.
Both of these
None of these
Under both the cash and accrual basis of accounting, reductions in accounts receivable is generally due to cash collections.