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Wiley GAAP for Governments 2018 is a comprehensive guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by state and local governments as well as other governmental entities. Designed with the needs of the user in mind, this comprehensive resource presents the important developments in governmental GAAP during the past year. It is a thorough, reliable reference that financial professionals will consistently keep on their desks rather to refer to in their daily work.
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- Up–to–date, insightful, and practical implementation information about new accounting pronouncements
- Coverage of public educational institutions, public authorities and individual pension plans financial statements, which is not provided by competing books
- Contains a disclosure checklist for financial statements of governmental entities that will enable preparers to ensure all disclosures required by GAAP for governments have been made
- Utilizes flowcharts, diagrams, and charts to help facilitate the user′s understanding of the material
- Written as a practical application guide instead of an academic reference
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Table of Contents
Preface vii
About the Author ix
1 New Developments 1
2 Foundations of Governmental Accounting 9
3 Fund Accounting Fundamentals 29
4 General Fund and Special Revenue Funds 49
5 Capital Projects Funds 61
6 Debt Service Funds 73
7 Proprietary Funds 81
8 Fiduciary Funds 93
9 Financial Statements Prepared by Governments 103
10 The Importance of Budgets to Governments 169
11 De nition of the Reporting Entity 181
12 Cash and Investments Valuation and Disclosures 225
13 Derivative Instruments 283
14 Capital Assets 309
15 Debt and Other Obligations 341
16 Land ll Closure and Postclosure Care Costs 379
17 Postemployment Bene ts Pension and Other 389
18 Compensated Absences 443
19 Accounting for Leases 453
20 Nonexchange Transactions 473
21 Risk Financing and Insurance–Related Activities/Public Entity Risk Pools 487
22 Pension and OPEB Plan Financial Statements 513
23 Educational and Other Governmental Entities 589
Appendix: Disclosure Checklist 603
Index 645
