{"id":232761,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/superioressaypapers.com\/research-a-current-article-regarding-accounting-in-government-2\/"},"modified":"2018-10-24T09:19:02","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T09:19:02","slug":"research-a-current-article-regarding-accounting-in-government-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/research-a-current-article-regarding-accounting-in-government-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Research a current article regarding accounting in government."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nResearch a current article regarding accounting in government.<\/p>\n<p>Write a summary of the article in 350 to 700 words.<\/p>\n<p>Apply concepts you?ve learned in this course to assessing the content of the article and any outcomes the article describes.<\/p>\n<p>B.<\/p>\n<p>In approximately 30 to 90 words, identify the financial statements that must be prepared by a private college or university and those that must be prepared by a public college or university.<\/p>\n<p>C.<\/p>\n<p>Private College Transactions. Steiner College?s statement of financial position for the year ended June 30, 2016, is presented here. Steiner is a private college.<\/p>\n<p>The following transaction information (amounts in thousands) pertains to the year ended June 30, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>During the year charges for tuition and fees were $244,500; scholarships were $16,300; and tuition waivers for scholastic achievement were $5,100. After payment was received, tuition refunds of $11,200 were given. Tuition waivers of $17,300 for students serving as teaching assistants for instruction were accrued.<br \/>\nThe college received unrestricted cash contributions of $2,080, pledges to be collected in 2018 of $550, and cash contributions to the endowments of $335. It also collected $820 of Pledges Receivable that were unrestricted.<br \/>\nCollections on Tuition and Fees Receivable totaled $222,600<br \/>\nNet deposits returned to students totaled $10.<br \/>\nExpenses were incurred for:<br \/>\nInstruction\t$86,100<br \/>\nAcademic support\t23,300<br \/>\nStudent services\t37,700<br \/>\nInstitutional support\t28,500<br \/>\nRelated to the expenses incurred: prepaid assets of $534 were used, $4,776 of the expenses were accrued, and the remaining expenses were paid. Expenses incurred resulted in the release of $7,320 in temporarily restricted net assets.<\/p>\n<p>The ending balance in Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities was $1,935.<br \/>\nInvestment earnings received for the period were $3,960, of which $2,070 was temporarily restricted.<br \/>\nAdjusting entries for the period were made to increase Allowance for Doubtful Accounts by $20, to record depreciation expense of $26,400 (charged 70 percent to instruction and 30 percent to academic support), to adjust tuition revenue for an increase in unearned revenue of $10, and to recognize an increase in fair value of investments of $4,700 ($790 was related to temporarily restricted net assets, $1,610 was related to permanently restricted net assets, the remainder was related to unrestricted net assets).<br \/>\nNominal accounts were closed.<br \/>\nRequired<\/p>\n<p>Prepare journal entries in good form to record the foregoing transactions for the year ended June 30, 2017.<br \/>\nPrepare a statement of activities for the year ended June 30, 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research a current article regarding accounting in government. Write a summary of the article in 350 to 700 words. Apply concepts you?ve learned in this course to assessing the content of the article and any outcomes the article describes. 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