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Fundamentals of Governmental Accounting and Reporting
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Fundamentals of Governmental Accounting and Reporting

by Bruce W. Chase
July 2020
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
5h 54m
English
Wiley
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imageAppendix BCITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE — REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

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CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA

NOTE TO REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2019

1. BUDGETARY ACCOUNTING

Demonstrating compliance with the adopted budget is an important component of a government’s accountability to the public. Many Citizens participate in the process of establishing the annual operating budgets of state and local governments, and have a keen interest in following the actual financial progress of their governments over the course of the year. The City and many other governments revise their original budgets over the course of the year for a variety of reasons. Accordingly. GAAP requires that governments include the original budget with the comparison of final budget and actual results.

Tbe City’s budget process begins in December with the preparation of estimated revenue forecasts. Departmental budget requests are submitted to the City Manager in early January. By early March the Manager’s proposed budget is presented to City Council. A series of City Council work sessions and public hearings are held. The budget is formally adopted by April 15.

An annual operating budget is adopted for the General Fund and the Social Services Fund. Within the General Fund, budgets ...

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