Funds are separate fiscal and accounting entities, each with its own self-balanc
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Funds are separate fiscal and accounting entities, each with its own self-balancing set of accounts.The newly established Society for Ethical Teachings maintains two funds - a general fund for operations and a building fund to accumulate resources for a new building. In its first year it engaged in the following transactions:
1. It received cash contributions of $200,000, of which $40,000 were restricted to the acquisition of the new building.
2. It incurred operating costs of $130,000, of which it paid $120,000 in cash.
3. It earned $3,000 of interest (the entire amount received in cash) on resources restricted to the acquisition of the new building.
4. It transferred $17,000 from the operating fund to the new building fund.
5. It paid $12,000 in fees (accounted for as expenses) to an architect to draw up plans for the new building.
Q(a). Prepare journal entries to record the transactions. Be certain to indicate the fund in which they would be made.
Q(b). Prepare a statement of revenues, expenses, and other changes in fund balance and a balance sheet. Use a two-column format, one column for each of the funds. Note that for purposes of external reporting not-for-profits would not generally prepare statements on a fund basis. Instead, consistent with the requirements of the FASB, they would consolidate their funds into three categories of restrictiveness: unrestricted, temporarily restricted and permanently restricted.
Explanation / Answer
Date Particulars Amount (Dr.) Amount (Cr.) a) Contributions $200,000 Acquisition Fund 40,000 General Fund 160,000 To record receipts of contributions b) operation Expenses 130,000 Cash 120,000 Outstanding operating expenses 10,000 To record operating expenses c) Cash 3,000 Acquisition Fund 3,000 Interest earned transferred to Acquisition d) Acquisition Fund 17,000 General Fund 17,000 e) Architect Fee 12,000 Cash 12,000 To record Architect fee statement showing the revenues and expenditure Particulars General Fund Debit Amount Building Fund Debit Amount Date particulars General Fund Credit Amount Building Fund Credit Amount Contributions 160,000 40,000 operating expenses 120,000 Interest earned 3,000 Architect Fee 12,000 Balance Sheet Liabilities: Outstanding operating expenses 10,000 Funds General Fund (40,000 +17,000) 57,000 Building Fund (43,000-12,000-17,000) 14,000
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