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- Governmental Reporting Overview
- The Financial Reporting Entity
- Fund Financial Statements
- Modified to Full Accrual Adjustments
- Government-wide Financial Statements
- Fund Balance/Net Position
- Statement of Cash Flows
- Receivables
- Recognition of Accounts Receivable and Revenue
- Disaggregation of Receivable Balances
- Disposition of Uncollectable Accounts
- Accounting for Receivables Deemed Uncollectable
- Write-off of Revenue Receivables
- Write-off of Nonrevenue Receivables
- Write-off of Proprietary Fund Receivables
- Reporting of Medicare Part D Payments from the Federal Government
- Sales and Pledges of Receivables, Future Revenues and Collateralized Borrowings
- Payables/Accrued Expenditures
- Inventories
- Prepaid Items
- Leases
- Loan Programs
- Sale of Real Estate
- Specialized Accounting
- Research and Development Arrangements
- Broadcasters
- Troubled Debt Restructuring
- Service Concession Arrangements
- Government Combinations & Disposals of Government Operations
- Non-Exchange Financial Guarantees
- Non-Exchange Transactions
- Exchange Transactions
- Fair Value Measurement and Application
- External Investment Pools
- Tax Abatements
- Irrevocable Split-Interest Agreements
- Certain Debt Extinguishment Issues
References
Resources
- Agency Fiscal Year-End USAS Adjustments and AFR Checklist
- Step 1 – General Cleanup
- Step 2 – Review USAS Balances
- Step 3 – Investments
- Step 4 – Interagency Activity
- Step 5 – Binding Encumbrance and Payables
- Step 6 – General Revenue Reconciliation
- Step 7 – Statement of Cash Flows
- Step 8 – Notes to the Financial Statements
- Step 9 – Supplementary Schedules
- Step 10 – Analyze USAS Reports
- Step 11 – Review USAS Information
- Step 12 – Verify DAFRs and Complete AFR
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- FAQs
- Glossary
- Appendices
Tools
Training/Work Sessions
Reporting Requirements for Annual Financial Reports of State Agencies and Universities
General Accounting
Leases
Before preparing annual financial report information, determine whether a lease should be reported as a:
- Capital Lease
- Operating Lease
- Master Lease Purchase Program (MLPP)
- Leases Involving Real Estate
- Sale-Leaseback Transactions
- Sublease or Similar Transactions
- Leverage Lease
- Accounting and Reporting by Lessors