When a City Received a Private Donation of $1,000,000 Stipulating

question 20

Multiple Choice

When a city received a private donation of $1,000,000 stipulating that the principal donation would be preserved but allowing the interest income to be spent on building a city park with access for disabled children, which fund should the money be recorded in?

• A) the General Fund.
• B) an Expendable Trust Fund.
• C) a Permanent Fund.
• D) an Agency Fund.
• E) a Special Revenue Fund.

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Definitions:

Accrued Expenses

Expenses that have been incurred but not yet paid or recorded in the accounts, representing liabilities for goods or services received.

Incurred

Describes expenses or liabilities that have been realized or consumed in the course of business operations.

Recorded

The process of making an official or formal documentation of a particular data or event in accounting or records.

Adjusting Entry

A journal entry made at the end of an accounting period to allocate income and expenditures to the appropriate period.