SOLUTION MANUAL For Government and Not-for-Profit Accounting: Concepts and Practices 9th Edition by Granof, Verified Chapters 1 - 17, Complete Newest Version (UPDATED)

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1. The critical distinction between for-profit businesses and not-for-profits including
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ss governments is that businesses have profit as their main motive whereas the others
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s s have service. A primary purpose of financial reporting is to report on an entity‘s
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ss accomplishments — how well it achieved its objectives. Accordingly, the financial ss ss ss s s s s s s s s s s s s s s




s s statements of businesses measure profitability, their key objective. Financial reports of
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ss governments and other not-for- profits should not focus on profitability, since it is not a relevant
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ss objective. Ideally, therefore, they should focus on other performance objectives, such as
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s s how well the organizations met their service goals. In reality, however, the goal of reporting
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ss on how well they have achieved such goals has proven difficult to attain and the financial
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ss reports have focused mainly on financially- related data.
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2. Governments and not-for-profits are ―governed‖ by the budget, whereas businesses are ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss ss




ss governed by the marketplace. The budget is the key political and fiscal document of
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ss governments and not-for-profits. It determines how an entity obtains its resources and how it
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ss allocates them. It encapsulates most key decisions of consequence made by the organization. In
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ss a government the budget is not merely a managerial document; it is the law.
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3. Owing to the significance of the budget, constituents want assurance that the
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ss entity achieves its revenue estimates and complies with its spending mandates. They
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ss expect the financial statements to report on how the budget was administered.
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4. Interperiod equity is the concept that taxpayers of today pay for the servicess s ss s s s s s s s s s s s s ss ss s s s s




s s that they receive and not shift the payment burden to taxpayers of the future. Financial
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reporting must indicate the extent to which interperiod equity has been achieved. Therefore,
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