Question

Following are a number of unrelated transactions for the Village of Centerville, some of which affect governmental activities at the government-wide level. None of the transactions has been recorded yet.

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Prepare in general journal form the necessary entries in the governmental activities and appropriate fund journals for each transaction. (If no entry is required for a transaction/event, select "No Journal Entry Required" in the first account field. Do not round intermediate calculations.) Transaction Fund General Journal Debit Credit 1. The General Fund collected and transferred $630,000 in tax collections to the debt service fund; $540,000 of this amount was used to retire outstanding serial bonds and the remainder was used to make the interest payment on the outstanding serial bonds. 1a General Fund Record the receipt of cash from tax collections. 1b Record the transfer of cash collected from taxes to the debt service fund. 1c Debt Service Fund Record the transfer of cash collected from taxes to the debt service fund. 1d Record the payment of principal and interest to retire the bonds. 1e Governmental Activities Record the receipt of cash from tax collections. 1f Record the payment of principal and interest to retire the bonds. 2. A $6,300,000 issue of serial bonds to finance a capital project was sold at 107 plus accrued interest in the amount of $63,000. The accrued interest and the premium were recorded in the debt service fund. Accrued interest on bonds sold must be used for interest payments; the premium is designated by state law for eventual payment of bond principal. 2 Capital Projects Fund Debt Service Fund Governmental Activities 3. The debt service fund made a $60,000 capital lease payment, of which $8,623 was interest. Funds used to make the lease payment came from a capital grant received by the special revenue fund. 3a Special Revenue Fund Record cash received as capital grant. 3b Record the transfer of fund for lease payment to the debt service fund. 3c Debt Service Fund Record the transfer of fund for lease payment from the special revenue fund. 3d Record the principal and interest on lease paid. 3e Governmental Activities Record cash received as capital grant. 3f Record the principal and interest on lease paid. 4. Tax-supported serial bonds with a $6,100,000 par value were issued in cash to permit partial refunding of a $7,000,000 par value issue of term bonds. The difference was settled with $900,000 that had been accumulated in prior years in a debt service fund. Assume that the term bonds had been issued several years earlier at par. 4a Debt Service Fund Record the issue of tax-supported serial bonds for partial refund of term bonds. 4b Record the refund of the par value bonds. 4c Governmental Activities Record the issue of tax-supported serial bonds for partial refund of term bonds. 4d Record the refund of the par value bonds. 5. Four months prior to year-end, 8 percent special assessment bonds totaling $570,000 were issued to fund a streetlight improvement project in a local subdivision. The bonds are secondarily backed by the village. The first $27,000 installment will be due from property owners six months after the initial bond issuance, but no debt payments are due in the first year. 5a Debt Service Fund Record the issue of special assessment bonds. 5b Record the current and deferred installment receivable from the local subdivision. 5c Governmental Activities Record the issue of special assessment bonds. 5d Record the current and deferred installment receivable from the local subdivision. 5e Record the interest payable on the special assessment debt. 6. Marketable equity securities held by the debt service fund increased in value by $15,200 during the year. 6 Debt Service Fund Governmental Activities

Answer 1

Solution :-

(1).

Particulars	Debit	Credit
General fund:
Cash Account	$630,000
Revenues Account		$630,000
Other financing uses - Interfund:
Transfered out	$630,000
Cash Account		$630,000
Debt service fund:
Cash	$630,000
Other financing sources - interfund
Transfer - in		$630,000
Expenditures - Principal	$540,000
Expenditures - Interest	$90,000
Cash		$630,000
Government Activities:
Cash	$630,000
General Revenues - Taxes		$630,000
Expenses - Interest on long term debt	$90,000
Bonds payable	$540,000
Cash		$630,000

(2).

Particulars	Debit	Credit
Capital project fund:
Cash	$6,300,000
Other financing sources:
Proceeds of bonds		$6,300,000
Debt service fund:
Cash	$504,000
Other financing sources -
Premium on bonds payable (6,300,000 × 0.07)		$441,000
Revenues		$63000
Governmental activities:
Cash	$6,804,000
Serial bonds payable		$6,300,000
Interest Payable Premium on bonds payable ($6,300,000 × 0.07)		$63,000 $441,000

(3).

Particulars	Debit	Credit
Special Revenue fund:
Cash	$60,000
Revenues		$60,000
Other financing uses - interfund
Transfers out	$60,000
Cash		$60,000
Debt service fund:
Cash	$60,000
Other financing sources :
Interfund Transferred in		$60,000
Expenditures - Interest	$8,623
Expenditures - Principal	$51,377
Cash		$60,000
Governmental Activities:
Cash	$60,000
Program Revenue - General
Government - Capital Grants & Contributions		$60,000
Expenses - Interest on capital lease	$8623
Capital Lease obligation	$51377
Cash		$60,000

(4)

Particulars	Debit	Credit
Debt service fund:
Cash	6,100,000
Other financing sources :
Proceeds on refunding bonds		$6,100,000
Other financing uses - refunded bonds	6,100,000
Expenditures - Principal	$900,000
Cash Account		$7,000,000
Governmental activities:
Cash	$6,100,000
Serial bonds payable		$6,100,000
Term bonds payable	$7,000,000
Cash		$7,000,000