Washington County Assumed the Responsibility of Collecting Property Taxes for All

question 3

Essay

Washington County assumed the responsibility of collecting property taxes for all governments within its boundaries. In order to reimburse the county for expenditures for administering the Tax Agency Fund, the Tax Agency Fund is to deduct 1.5 percent from the collections from the city and school district. The total amount deducted is to be added to the collections for the county and remitted to the County General Fund. You are to record the following transactions in the accounts of the Washington County Tax Agency Fund.
1. Current year tax levies to be collected by the Tax Agency Fund were:

$\begin{array}{llcc} \text { County General Fund } & \$9,800,000\\ \text {Town of Samuels } &6,200,000\\ \text { Washington County School District } &9,600,000\\\end{array}$

2. In the first half of the year $\$ 4,120,000$ was collected for the County General Fund, $\$ 3,456,000$ for the Town and $\$ 4,608,000$ for the School District.

3.Liabilities to all three units were recorded

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Definitions:

Negative Reinforcement

A process in behavioral psychology where the removal of an unpleasant stimulus strengthens or increases the likelihood of a response.

Punishment

A consequence that reduces the likelihood of a behavior recurring, often by introducing a negative outcome or removing a positive condition.

Positive Punishment

Adding an undesirable stimulus to decrease the likelihood of a behavior occurring again.

Negative Punishment

In behavioral psychology, it refers to the removal of a desirable stimulus after a behavior occurs to decrease the likelihood of that behavior occurring again.