Cgfm 2023 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Three Broad Government Spending Purposes 1) Current Operations 2) Capital Outlays 3) Debt Service Present Value Analysis - Three Components Determines what $$ Rec'd in Future is Worth Today 1) inflation component - year over year loss in value 2) enterprise component - inherent risk 3) unique component - Budget Accounting and Procedures Act of 1950 Requires the head of each federal agency to establish and maintain I/C's. Federal Managers Financial Integrity Act o...

Non-Spendable Fund Balance Assets not in spendable form-Inventories and prepaid items, principal of a permanent fund which may not be spent, and assets held for sale and long-term receivables. Examples: Supplies, inventory, membership fees Restricted Fund Balance Subject to constraints imposed by external parties or law. Debt covenants (such as a requirement for a sinking fund) or constraints imposed by legislation or federal and state agencies, creditors, contributors or granting agenc...

CGFM Exam 2 - Section 1 Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Taxes - ANSWER-Resources for gov are derived primarily from Grants and shared revenues - ANSWER-Gobs receive revenue from other levels of gov through Budget - ANSWER-Primary control device in gov Financial reporting - ANSWER-Primary mechanism to demonstrate accountability Financial reports - ANSWER-Shows how much was raised, how it was spent, and whether spending followed the budget Performance reports - ANSWER-Inform user...

CGFM EXAM 2 Study QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2023/2024 Non-Spendable Fund Balance - ANSWER-Assets not in spendable form-Inventories and prepaid items, principal of a permanent fund which may not be spent, and assets held for sale and long-term receivables. Examples: Supplies, inventory, membership fees Restricted Fund Balance - ANSWER-Subject to constraints imposed by external parties or law. Debt covenants (such as a requirement for a sinking fund) or constraints imposed by legislation or fede...

Governments exist to provide services - correct answerno profit motive, no single measure of success Primary funding source = - correct answertaxes (involuntary payments, because there is no ability to match services to those who provide the resource) Budget process = - correct answerprimary control device in government US Constitution provides two levels of government - correct answerFederal and State State consitituions similar in that each defines the excutive and legislative brac...

Three Broad Government Spending Purposes - correct answer1) Current Operations 2) Capital Outlays 3) Debt Service Present Value Analysis - Three Components - correct answerDetermines what $$ Rec'd in Future is Worth Today 1) inflation component - year over year loss in value 2) enterprise component - inherent risk 3) unique component - Budget Accounting and Procedures Act of 1950 - correct answerRequires the head of each federal agency to establish and maintain I/C's. Federal M...

Federal - correct answerrefers to national government Federalism - correct answermeans that power is distributed among different levels of government Sovereignty - correct answergovernment cannot be sued by states or by citizens without its permission Popular Sovereignty - correct answercitizens hold the ultimate authority through the ballot and even a sovereign government is accountable to citizens Three levels of government - correct answerFederal, State, Local - each may not enact...

Non-Spendable Fund Balance - correct answerAssets not in spendable form-Inventories and prepaid items, principal of a permanent fund which may not be spent, and assets held for sale and long-term receivables. Examples: Supplies, inventory, membership fees Restricted Fund Balance - correct answerSubject to constraints imposed by external parties or law. Debt covenants (such as a requirement for a sinking fund) or constraints imposed by legislation or federal and state agencies, creditors, cont...

Governments exist to provide services - no profit motive, no single measure of success Primary funding source = - taxes (involuntary payments, because there is no ability to match services to those who provide the resource) Budget process = - primary control device in government US Constitution provides two levels of government - Federal and State State consitituions similar in that each defines the excutive and legislative braches, establishes political offices, and defines how local gove...