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FINANCIAL SECTION - School District U-46

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Capital Projects Funds<br />

Fire Prevention and Safety Fund<br />

Site and Construction Fund<br />

Developers Fees Fund<br />

The above listing includes all funds of the <strong>District</strong>.<br />

Governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources<br />

measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. This is also the manner<br />

in which these funds are budgeted. This presentation is deemed most appropriate to<br />

(a) demonstrate legal and covenant compliance, and (b) demonstrate the source and use<br />

of liquid resources.<br />

Governmental fund revenues are recognized as soon as they are both measurable and available.<br />

Revenues are considered to be available when they are collected within the current period or soon<br />

enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the <strong>District</strong> considers<br />

revenues to be available if they are collected within sixty-five days of the end of the current fiscal<br />

year. The <strong>District</strong> uses sixty-five days in order to capture reimbursement payments released by<br />

the State of Illinois during the months of July and August.<br />

Non-exchange transactions, in which the <strong>District</strong> receives value without giving equal value in<br />

return, include property taxes, replacement taxes, grants, entitlements, and donations. The<br />

<strong>District</strong> will recognize 50% of the 2009 tax extension and 50% of the 2010 extension in FY 2011,<br />

as this is the period for which the taxes have been levied (intended to finance). Revenue from<br />

replacement taxes is recognized when collected by the state, prior to disbursement to the <strong>District</strong>.<br />

Revenue from grants, entitlements, and donations are recognized is the fiscal year in which all<br />

eligibility requirements have been satisfied. Eligibility requirements include timing requirements,<br />

which specify the year when the resources are required to be used or the year when use is first<br />

permitted, matching requirements, in which the <strong>District</strong> must provide local resources to be used for<br />

a specified purpose, and expenditure requirements, in which the resources are provided to the<br />

<strong>District</strong> on a reimbursement basis.<br />

Revenues considered to be susceptible to accrual include property taxes, intergovernmental<br />

revenue, and interest income. All other revenue items are considered to be measurable and<br />

available only when cash is received by the <strong>District</strong>.<br />

Governmental fund expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is incurred, as under full<br />

accrual accounting. However, debt service expenditures, as well as expenditures related to<br />

compensated absences, termination benefits, and claims and judgments, are recorded only when<br />

payment is due.<br />

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