In: Accounting
(Recording the budget and a budget revision)
The council of the Town of Tulia approved the 2013 budget as follows:
Budgeted 2013 revenues from:
Property taxes $5,000,000
Sales taxes $1,000,000
Appropriations for 2013:
Salaries $4,600,000
Materials $1,200,000
Equipment $100,000
During 2013, the town’s mayor presented the council with a budget revision to increase the amount of appropriation for salaries by $10,000. The council approved this budget revision.
a. Prepare the general journal entry necessary to initially record the budget.
b. Prepare the general journal entry necessary to record the budget revision.
| Answer | |||
| Sr.N | General Journal | Debit | Credit |
| A | Estimated property tax revenue | $ 50,00,000 | |
| Estimated sales tax revenue | $ 10,00,000 | ||
| To appropriation for salary | $ 46,00,000 | ||
| To appropriation for Material | $ 12,00,000 | ||
| To appropriation for Equipment | $ 1,00,000 | ||
| To Budgetary fund balance | $ 1,00,000 | ||
| (To record budget entry ) | |||
| B | Budgetary fund balance | $ 10,000 | |
| To appropriation for salary | $ 10,000 | ||
| ( To record revision in budget made ) | |||
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