Chapter 12
Q12-9 A reclassification of net assets is made when resources classified as restricted have been released from
restrictions. Reclassifications move resources from one classification of net assets to another as a
Q12–10 An NFPO must recognize a contributed work of art as revenue if the contributed work is not part of a
collection. An NFPO has an option not to recognize a contributed work of art as revenue provided the
Q12–11 The fair value of an investment is the price that would be paid to sell it in an orderly transaction between
market participants at the measurement date. One way to measure the fair value of an investment is to use
Q12–12 When fund accounting is used internally by an NFPO, the funds generally used are:
1. The Unrestricted Current Fund. Included in this fund are unrestricted resources that are
available for the general operations of the organization.
2. Restricted Current Funds. Included in these funds are resources available for use in the
3. Land, Buildings and Equipment Fund. This fund is used to account for financial resources to be
used to acquire land, buildings, and equipment. It could also be used to account for capital assets
currently used in the operations of the organization, together with associated depreciation and long-term
debt.
DISCUSSION ISSUES AND SCENARIOS
D12-1 The controversy over whether works of art and similar items should be recorded as assets and
revenues or gains arose over the concern by many museums over whether the cost of measuring
asset values in the existing collections was worth the benefits obtained by financial statement
users from having that information.
An argument that was made for capitalizing these assets is that the museums derive financial
benefits from the assets in the form of admissions fees. Museums argued that this argument was