Accounting and Financial Reporting
Government-wide Financial Statements, and Conversions and Consolidations
Course Overview
Title | Government-wide Financial Statements, and Conversions and Consolidations |
|---|---|
Level | Advanced |
Prerequisite | Accounting and financial reporting professionals with at least two years of governmental accounting experience, and an understanding of public-sector basic financial statements. |
Field of Study | Accounting (Governmental) |
Format | Webinar |
CPE | 2 |
This seminar will furnish participants with the basic information needed to prepare the government-wide financial statements, and the necessary journal entries to convert and consolidate fund financial statements to the government-wide financial statements.
Learning Objectives
Those who successfully complete this seminar should obtain a solid understanding of each of the following:
- Distinguish the measurement focus and basis of accounting used for government-wide financial statements.
- Identify the essential elements and format for the government-wide statement of net position, and the government-wide statement of activities.
- Perform the necessary conversion and consolidation journal entries to convert fund data to the government-wide financial statements, allocate direct costs, and disallocate indirect costs.