Financial Reporting: The Basic Financial Statements & Required Supplementary InformationLearning ObjectivesMajor Elements of Principle #13Interim Financial StatementsComprehensive Annual Financial ReportFinancial Reporting EntityReporting Entity’s Financial StatementsNucleus of Financial Reporting EntityFocus of this ChapterWhat makes up the minimum? Three graphic presentations XBasic Financial Statements OverviewBFS Overview (continued)Government-Wide Financial Statements: Common FeaturesGovernmental ActivitiesBusiness-Type ActivitiesStatement of Net AssetsKey Features of StatementKey Features of Statement (continued)Slide 19Statement of Net Assets Example: City of Tulsa, Oklahoma XStatement of ActivitiesStatement of Activities PresentationStatement of Activities Presentation (continued)Measurement Focus elementsReporting ExpensesProgram Revenues vs. General Revenues XSlide 27Infrastructure Capital AssetsFund Financial StatementsIdentifying Major FundsSteps for Major Fund Calculations XMajor Fund ReportingFund Type ReportingFund Reporting Examples: City of Tulsa – Governmental FundsSlide 35Slide 36Fund Reporting Examples: City of Tulsa – Proprietary FundsSlide 38Slide 39Slide 40Fund Reporting Examples: City of Tulsa – Fiduciary FundsSlide 42Note DisclosuresRequired Supplementary InformationOther RSIBudgetary Comparison InformationFund Reporting Examples: City of Tulsa – Budget-to Actual dataFinancial Reporting:The Basic Financial Statements & Required Supplementary InformationChapter 13Learning ObjectivesIdentify the financial statements in a government’s basic financial statementsUnderstand format and content of government-wide financial statements and fund financial statementsUnderstand the concept and content of RSIIdentify a government’s major funds and how to prepare fund financial statementsDistinguish program revenues from general revenuesUnderstand unique reporting provisions of infrastructure capital assetsUnderstand required information components of MD&AUnderstand types of notes to financial statementsUnderstand reporting requirements of special purpose governmentsMajor Elements of Principle #13Interim financial statements & reportsComprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR)Minimum reporting requirementsMD&ABasic Financial StatementsRequired Supplementary InformationFinancial reporting entityNucleus of a financial reporting entityInterim Financial StatementsEncouraged, but not requiredPrepared to facilitate management’s control of the government, legislative oversight, and [occasionally] external financial reportingComprehensive Annual Financial ReportShould be prepared and publishedCovers primary government (including blended component units) and discretely presented component unitsIncludes:Introductory SectionFinancial SectionStatistical SectionFinancial Reporting EntityConsists ofPrimary GovernmentOrganizations for which the primary government is financially responsibleOther organizations whose exclusion from the report would cause it to misleading or incompleteReporting Entity’s Financial StatementsGovernment-Wide Financial StatementsProvides information about the reporting government as a wholeDistinguishes between primary government (composed of Governmental Activities & Business-Type Activities) and discretely presented component unitsFund Financial StatementsPresents primary government’s major funds individually and nonmajor fund in aggregateFunds and component units that are fiduciary in nature reported only at this levelNucleus of Financial Reporting EntityUsually a primary governmentOther entities can serve as nucleus of own reporting entity, even when related to a primary governmentFinancial reports built from the bottom up, applying all definition and display provisions to each level before rolling up to next levelFocus of this ChapterMinimum requirements for financial reporting, which are the MD&A, basic financial statements, and other RSISome governments may be required to present a CAFR – topic of Chapter 15What makes up the minimum?Three graphic presentations XBasic drawing from GASBS #34New drawing from later GASB source“Smitty’s Adaptation of The New Reporting Model”Basic Financial Statements OverviewGovernment-Wide Financial StatementsStatement of Net AssetsStatement of ActivitiesGovernmental Funds Financial StatementsBalance SheetStatement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances (GAAP basis)Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Budget and ActualBFS Overview (continued)Proprietary Funds Financial StatementsStatement of Net Assets (Balance Sheet)Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Net AssetsStatement of Cash FlowsFiduciary Funds Financial StatementsStatement of Fiduciary Net AssetsStatement of Changes in Fiduciary Net AssetsGovernment-Wide Financial Statements:Common FeaturesDistinguish between primary government and discretely presented component unitsFocus is on the primary governmentDistinguish between primary government’s Governmental Activities and Business-Type ActivitiesPresent a total column for the primary governmentApply same accounting standards to Governmental Activities and Business-Type ActivitiesExclude Fiduciary Funds and fiduciary component unitsGovernmental ActivitiesFinanced primarily throughTaxesIntergovernmental revenuesOther nonexchange revenuesGenerally reported in Governmental Funds and, maybe, Internal Service FundsMost general capital assets and general long-term liabilities reported hereActivities include general administration, public safety, education, streets & roads, and health & sanitationBusiness-Type ActivitiesFinanced in whole or in part by fees charged to external users for goods and servicesGenerally reported in Enterprise Funds, although ISFs can be here, tooActivities may include public utilities, mass transportation, landfills, airports, and some recreational facilitiesStatement of Net AssetsGenerally same format as used by Proprietary FundsMay use either balance sheet format or net asset formatMay or may not be classifiedColumns may includeGovernmental ActivitiesBusiness-Type ActivitiesPrimary Government Total Column (required if both GA and BTA present)Discretely
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