Journal entries to record grants in a governmental fund


Question: The following information relates to three grants that the town of College Hills received from the state during its fiscal year ending December 31, 2003:

a. A cash grant of $200,000 must be used to repair roads.

b. 150,000 in cash is received out of a total grant of $200,000 intended to reimburse the town for actual expenditures incurred in repairing roads. During the year, the town incurred $150,000 in allowable repair costs.

c. A cash entitlement grant of $200,000 is intended to supplement the town's 2004 budget and must be expended in that year.

1. Prepare journal entries to record the three grants in a governmental fund.

2. What amount of revenue would be reported for each grant in the town's government-wide statement of activities for 2003? Where on that statement would these revenues be most likely to be reported?

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