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1、wiL79603_ch02_035-064.qxd12/19/200801:09PMPage37ChapterTwoPrinciplesofAccountingandFinancialReportingforStateandLocalGovernmentsLearningObjectivesAfterstudyingthischapter,youshouldbeableto:1.Explainthenatureofthethreemajoractivitycategoriesofastateorlocalg
2、overnment:governmentalactivities,business-typeactivities,andfiduciaryactivities.2.ExplainthecomponentsofGASB’sintegratedaccountingandfinancialreportingmodel,including:Thereportingentity.Government-widefinancialstatements.Fundfinancialstatements.Definitiono
3、ffundandprinciplesoffundaccounting.Typesoffundsineachfundcategoryandcharacteristicsofeachfundtype.3.Discussthenatureofmajorfundreportingandthecriteriausedtodeterminewhetherafundshouldbereportedasamajorfund.Chapter1presentedabriefoverviewoftheminimumrequire
4、mentsforgeneralpur-poseexternalfinancialreportingundertheGASBS34financialreportingmodel.ThischapterexpandsonthepreviousdiscussionandfocusesprimarilyonprinciplesofaccountingandfinancialreportingwithintheintegratedreportingmodelframeworksetforthinGASBS34.Whe
5、ntheGovernmentalAccountingStandardsBoard(GASB)wasformedin1984,itadopted12accountingandfinancialreportingprinciplesthathadbeenestablishedbyitspredecessorstandard-settingbody,theNationalCouncilonGovernmentalAccounting(NCGA).GASBS34modifiesseveraloftheorigina
6、l12principlesandaddsoneprincipleforreportinglong-termliabilities.Asummaryoftheseprinciplesispresentedintheappendixtothischapter.Certainoftheprinciplesarealsodiscussedinthischapter.37wiL79603_ch02_035-064.qxd12/12/200806:05PMPage3838PartOneStateandLocalGove
7、rnmentsACTIVITIESOFGOVERNMENTChapter1explainedthatthecharacteristicsofgovernmentalorganizationsdifferfromthoseoffor-profitbusinessorganizations.Onekeydifferenceisthatgovernmentsarenotprofitseekingbutexisttomeetcitizens’demandforservices,consistentwiththeav
8、ailabilityofresourcestoprovidethoseservices.Althoughthetypesandlevelsofser-vicesvaryfromgovernmenttogovernment,mostgeneralpurposegovernmentsprovidecertaincoreservices:thoserelatedtoprotectionoflifeandproperty
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