GRADED A+
◉ 1. citizens
2. legislative and oversight bodies
3. investors and creditors. Answer: Who are the users of financial
reporting for governmental-type activities?
◉ 1. comparing actual results with budgeted amounts
2. assessing financial condition and operating results
3. determining compliance with laws, rules, and regulations
4. evaluating efficiency and effectiveness. Answer: What are the 4 uses
of governmental accounting?
◉ actual results with budgeted amounts. Answer: Governmental
reporting compares ___ with ___
◉ financial condition and operating results. Answer: Governmental
accounting asses:
, ◉ compliance with laws, rules, and regulations. Answer: Governmental
accounting determines:
◉ efficiency and effectiveness. Answer: Governmental accounting
evaluates:
◉ accountability. Answer: what is the primary objective of all
governmental accounting?
◉ right to know. Answer: governmental accounting is based on the
publics:
◉ fiscal accountability. Answer: the responsibility of a government to
justify that its actions comply with public decisions about obtaining and
expending public resources in the short term
◉ operational accountability. Answer: the responsibility to report the
extent to which accounting objectives have been met efficiently and
effectively using available resources. It is also the responsibility to
report whether those objectives can be met for the foreseeable future
◉ interperiod equity. Answer: a part of accountability, financial
resources received during a period should suffice to pay for the services
provided during that period. Moreover, debt should be repaid during the
period of usefulness of the assets required