Advanced Financial Accounting
12th Edition
ISBN: 9781259916977
Author: Christensen, Theodore E., COTTRELL, David M., Budd, Cassy
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 17, Problem 17.10Q
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Outstanding obligations at the end of fiscal period: depends on the governmental unit’s policy. The government may allow outstanding liabilities to lapse; that is the unit will not honor these obligations in current year but it will carried over to the New Year, the New Year budget must rebuild them. A second method is to carry over the obligations as non-lapsing spending authority. This method recognizes the practical aspects of encumbrances outstanding at the end of fiscal period.
To explain: the main difference between lapsing and non-lapsing methods of accounting for encumbrances at the end of the fiscal year, and actual expenditure in subsequent year.
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