Chapter 02 – Overview of Financial Reporting for State and Local Governments
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CHAPTER 2 Overview of Financial Reporting for State and Local Governments
2-1. THE SOLUTION TO THIS AND THE FIRST EXERCISE OF CHAPTERS 1 AND 3 THROUGH 9
2-2.
A. A FINANCIAL REPORTING ENTITY IS A PRIMARY GOVERNMENT,
ORGANIZATIONS FOR WHICH THE PRIMARY GOVERNMENT IS FINANCIALLY
ACCOUNTABLE, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS FOR WHICH THE NATURE AND
SIGNIFICANCE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PRIMARY GOVERNMENT
ARE SUCH THAT EXCLUSION WOULD CAUSE THE REPORTING ENTITY‘S
ACCOUNTABLE. IN ADDITION, A COMPONENT UNIT CAN BE ANOTHER
ORGANIZATION FOR WHICH THE NATURE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF ITS
RELATIONSHIP WITH A PRIMARY GOVERNMENT ARE SUCH THAT EXCLUSION
WOULD CAUSE THE REPORTING ENTITY‘S FINANCIAL STATEMENTS TO BE
MISLEADING OR INCOMPLETE. AN EXAMPLE MIGHT BE A LIBRARY WITH A