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The City of Bernard starts the year of 2013 with the following unrestricted amounts in its...

The City of Bernard starts the year of 2013 with the following unrestricted amounts in its General Fund: cash of $20,000 and investments of $70,000. In addition, it holds a building bought on January 1, 2012, for general government purposes for $300,000 and related long- term debt of $240,000. The building is being depreciated on the straight-line method over 10 years. The interest rate is 10 percent. The General Fund has four separate functions: general government, public safety, public works. and health and sanitation. Other information includes the following:

Receipts:

 

Property taxes

$510,000

Sales taxes

99,000

Dividend income

20,000

Charges for general government services

15,000

Charges for public safety services

8,000

Charges for public works

4,000

Charges for health and sanitation service

31,000

Charges for landfill

8,000

Grant to be used for salaries for health workers (no eligibility requirements)

25,000

Issued long-term note payable

200,000

Sold above investments

84,000

Receivables at year-end:

 

Property taxes ($10,000 is expected to be uncollectible)

130,000

Payments:

 

Salary:

 

General government

90,000

Public safety

94,000

Public works

69,000

Health and sanitation (all from grant)

22,000

Utilities:

 

General government

9,000

Public safety

16,000

Public works

13,000

Health and sanitation

4,000

Insurance:

 

General government

25,000

Public safety

12,000

Public works(all prepaid as of the end of the year)

6,000

Health and sanitation

4,000

Miscellaneous:

 

General government

12,000

Public safety

10,000

Public works

9,000

Health and sanitation

7,000

Interest on previous debt

24,000

Principal payment on previous debt

10,000

Interest on new debt

18,000

Building (public works)

210,000

Equipment (public safety)

90,000

Public works supplies(30 percent still held)

20,000

Investments

111,000

Ordered but not received:

 

Equipment

24,000

Supplies

7,000

Due at end of year:

 

Salaries:

 

General government

14,000

Public safety

17,000

Public works

5,000

The city leased a truck on the last day of the year. The first payment will be made at the end of the next year. Total payments will amount to $90,000 but have a present value of $64,000.

The city started a landfill this year that it is recording within its General Fund. It is included as a public works function. Closure costs today would be $260,000 although the landfill is not expected to be filled for nine more years. The city has incurred no costs to date although the landfill is now 15 percent filled.

For the equipment and supplies that have been ordered but not yet received, the City Council (the highest decision-making body in the government) has voted to honor the commitment when the items are received.

The new building is being depreciated over 20 years using the straight-line method and no salvage value, whereas depreciation of the equipment is similar except that its life is only 10 years. Assume the city records a full year’s depreciation in the year of acquisition. The investments are valued at $116,000 at year-end.

a. Prepare a statement of activities and a statement of net assets for governmental activities for December 31, 2013, and the year then ended.

b. Prepare a statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances and a balance sheet for the General Fund as of December 31,2013, and the year then ended. Assume that the purchases method is being applied,

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