Publisher's Synopsis
Fundamentals of Governmental Accounting and Reporting features the foundational tenets of governmental accounting and reporting in today's environment. Featuring updated accounting for GASB Statement No. 84, and fiduciary activities, this work reviews underlying concepts and shows how they are applied through real-life examples of CAFR, financial statements and updates of recent GASB standards.Key areas covered include:
- The governmental environment and GAAP
- Fund accounting and the financial reporting model
- Budgeting
- MFBA
- Revenues and expenditures
- Governmental, proprietary, and fiduciary funds
- Government-wide financial statements
- CAFR
- Special purpose governments
- Deferred outflows of resources and deferred inflows of resources
