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Municipal versus Financial Accounting Wilma Bates is executive vice president of...

Municipal versus Financial Accounting

Wilma Bates is executive vice president of Mavis Industries Inc., a publicly held industrial corporation.

She has just been elected to Gotham City’s council. Before assuming office, she asks you to explain the major differences in accounting and financial reporting for a large city compared with accounting and reporting for a large industrial corporation.

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a. Describe the major differences that exist in the purpose of accounting and financial reporting and in the type of financial reports of a large city when compared with that of a large industrial corporation.

b. Why are inventories often ignored in accounting for local governmental units? Explain.

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