Question

The City of St. Louis, Mississippi (population just under 24,000) passed a bond issue for $2,500,000, 4.5 percent, semiannual interest, 10 year bonds to finance the construction of a second high school to be called McGhee High, named in memory of the Pulitzer Prize winning author, William Faulkner. The State also contributed $110,000 for construction of the gymnasium. The contractor selected then submitted her contract for $2,080,000 to commence on January 2, 2019, with the project’s estimated completion in late 2019.

Part 1:

1. The contractor submitted her signed contract to the City of St. Louis. The entry to record the contract in the Debt Services Fund would include a:

A. Debit to Encumbrances—2019, $2,500,000.

B. Debit to Construction Work-in-Progress, $2,080,000.

C. Credit to Encumbrances—2019, $2,080,000.

D. Credit to Encumbrances Outstanding—2019, $2,080,000.

2. The money from the State of Mississippi of $110,000 was received by the City of St. Louis’ General Fund. The monies were then transferred from the General Fund to the Capital Project Fund. The entry in the General Fund receiving the grant money from the state would include a:

A. Credit to Program Revenues—Public Education—Capital Grants and Contributions, $110,000.

B. Credit to Revenues, $110,000.

C. Debit to Other Financing Uses—Transfers-out, $110,000.

D. Credit to Other Financing Uses—Transfers-in, $110,000.

3. The entry in the General Fund transferring the state monies to the Capital Projects Fund would include a:

A. Debit to Cash, $110,000.

B. Credit to Cash, $110,000.

C. Debit to Other Financing Sources, $110,000.

D. Credit to Other Financing Uses, $110,000

4. The entry in the Capital Projects Fund receiving the transferred state monies from the General Fund would include a:

A. Credit to Other Financing Sources, $110,000.

B. Debit to Other Financing Uses, $110,000.

C. Credit to Cash, $110,000.

D. Credit to Grants Receivable, $110,000

5. When the contractor submitted a $700,000 progress billing, the following entry in the Capital Projects Fund would include:

A. Debit to Encumbrances—2019, $700,000.

B. Credit to Cash, $700,000.

C. Debit to Encumbrances Outstanding—2019, $700,000.

D. Debit to Construction-work-in progress, $700,000

Part 2:

6. Assuming the partial billing was approved for payment and the expenditure and liability (contracts payable) was recorded for $700,000; however, St. Louis has a policy of not paying 100 percent, but retaining 20 percent as a retained percentage. The entry in the Capital Projects Fund to record the allowed payment and retained percentage would include:

A. Credit to Cash, $560,000.

B. Debit to Contracts Payable, $560,000.

C. Credit to Contracts Payable—Retained Percentage, $560,000.

D. Debit to Contracts Payable, $140,000.

7. Prior to the receipt of the bond proceeds, St. Louis needed funds and went to Southern Style Bank to borrow $600,000 in bond anticipation notes (BANs), at 5 percent, which were to be paid back using the proceeds of the $2,500,000 bond issue. The entry at the government-wide level to record the receipt of the bond anticipation notes would include a:

A. Credit to Other Financing Sources—proceeds of BANs, $600,000.

B. Debit to Cash, $1,900,000.

C. Credit to Bonds Payable, $600,000.

D. Debit to Cash, $600,000.

8. Assume the bond issue commences, and the $2,500,000 proceeds are received. St. Louis repays the bond anticipation notes in full along with $7,500 in interest. The entry recorded in the Capital Projects Fund to repay the bond anticipation notes would include a:

A. Debit to Other Financing Uses—Retirement of BANs, $600,000.

B. Credit to Cash, $600,000.

C. Debit to Bond Anticipation Notes Payable, $600,000.

D. Debit to Expenses—Interest on Long-term Debt, $7,500.

Part 3:

9. Assume that at the conclusion of the construction project that the total costs totaled $3,200,000. This included some cost overruns. Assuming the high school passes all inspections and the asset is placed into service, the re-class entry to record the Building in the Capital Projects Fund would include:

A. Credit to Buildings, $3,200,000.

B. Debit to Buildings, $3,200,000.

C. No entry would be recorded in the Capital Projects Fund.

D. Credit to Encumbrances—2019, $3,200,000

10. In the Capital Projects Fund, which of the following accounts would be part of the closing entry at the end of the project?

A. Cash.

B. Other Financing Sources—Proceeds of Bonds.

C. Expenses—Interest on Long-term Debt.

D. Construction Work in Progress

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Answer 1

1. option B. Debit to Construction Work-in-Progress, $2,080,000

Encumbrances are not associated with debt services fund.

2. answer is option B. Credit to Revenues, $110,000

Any grant received is the revenue for the city.

3. answer is option D. Credit to Other Financing Uses, $110,000

Transferring money is referred to as a use of money.

4. answer is option A. Credit to Other Financing Sources, $110,000

Receiving money through transfer is one of the financing sources.

5. answer is option D. Debit to Construction-work-in progress, $700,000

6. answer is option A. Credit to Cash, $560,000

Entry will be

Contracts payable	700000
Cash		560000
Contracts Payable—Retained Percentage		140000

7. answer is option D. Debit to Cash, $600,000

Entry will be

Cash	600000
Bond Anticipation Notes Payable		600000

8. answer is option C. Debit to Bond Anticipation Notes Payable, $600,000.

Entry will be

Bond Anticipation Notes Payable	600000
EXPENSES—INTEREST ON BANs	7500
cash		607500

9. answer is option B. Debit to Buildings, $3,200,000.

Entry will be

Buildings	3200000
Construction Work in Progress		3200000

10. answer is option B. Other Financing Sources—Proceeds of Bonds

Other financing sources are closed to unreserved fund balance.