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Example Questions
Example Question #1 : Not For Profit Accounting
The Professional Accountants Group is a private, not-for-profit organization that has 1,000 members. Each member pays $400 per year for their membership and receives benefits with a fair value of $120 as benefits of membership. How should the Professional Accountants Group report the revenue received from its members?
$400,00 is reported as membership dues revenue
$400,00 is reported as contribution revenue
$120,000 is reported as membership dues revenue and $280,000 is reported as contribution revenue
$120,000 should be reported as a reduction in expenses and $280,000 is reported as revenue
$120,000 is reported as membership dues revenue and $280,000 is reported as contribution revenue
Only the portion of members fees that cover the fair value of benefits received are recorded as dues revenue (1K members x $120 per member). The remainder is recorded as contribution revenue (1K members x the difference of $280 per member).
Example Question #2 : Not For Profit Accounting
Homer Company made a gift of $50,000 to a national art museum with the specification that the gift be conveyed to a local art festival. The museum does not have the power to change the beneficiary and Homer did not retain the right to revoke the gift or change the beneficiary. How should the museum report the receipt this gift?
It is not reported
As $50,000 in revenue
As public support
As a liability
As a liability
This is reported as a liability to the museum, because the museum is obligated to pay the gift to another beneficiary.
Example Question #3 : Not For Profit Accounting
On December 1, Year 1, the Gregory Corporation makes a donation of $100,000 to the Family Services Foundation, a private not-for-profit organization. Gregory requests that Family Services give the money to The Soup Kitchen, another not-for-profit organization, but allows Family Services to give the money to another organization if it seems more appropriate. On December 23, Year 1, Family Services gives the money to The Soup Kitchen. When will each organization recognize the gift as contributed support?
Family Services recognizes contributed support on December 1, and The Soup Kitchen recognizes contributed support on December 23
Family Services never recognizes contributed support, and The Soup Kitchen recognizes contributed support on December 1
Both entities recognize contributed support on December 1
Both entities recognize contributed support on December 23
Family Services recognizes contributed support on December 1, and The Soup Kitchen recognizes contributed support on December 23
Family Services recognizes the gift as contribution revenue when the gift is received, because it has the option to choose which organization to give the money to. The Soup Kitchen will also recognize contribution revenue (from Family Services) when it receives its gift.
Example Question #4 : Not For Profit Accounting
ABC, a nongovernmental non for profit organization, is preparing its year end financial statement. Which of the following statements is required?
Statement of Cash Flows
Statement of revenue expenses and changes in fund balance
Statement of changes in financial position
Statement of Changes in fund balance
Statement of Cash Flows
Non for profit corporations are required to produce the following financial statements: Financial position, activities, and cash flows.
Example Question #5 : Not For Profit Accounting
ABC, a community foundation, incurred management and general expenses during year 1. In ABC's statement of activity for the year end, the management and general expenses should be reported as:
Part of program services
Part of supporting services
A direct reduction of net assets without donor restrictions
A contra account to offset revenue and support
Part of supporting services
These are part of supporting services rather than program services.
Example Question #1 : Not For Profit Accounting
Of the following, which would be included as a part of total net assets in the statement of financial position for a nongovernmental non for profit entity?
Committed and non committed assets
Total current and reserved assets
None of the answer choices are correct
Total net assets with and without donor restrictions
Total net assets with and without donor restrictions
Net assets for non for profit entities are classified as with and without donor restrictions.
Example Question #6 : Not For Profit Accounting
Healthy Families is a private, not-for-profit organization. In Year 2, Healthy Families receives a check for $30,000 to be used to help low-income families in the area access medical care. In Year 3, the money is paid to a local doctor who provided medical care for several families that could not afford the treatment themselves. What will Health Families report in unrestricted net assets in Year 3?
Nothing
An increase of $30,000
Both an increase and decrease of $30,000
A decrease of $30,000
Both an increase and decrease of $30,000
The receipt of the check will increase unrestricted net assets by $30K and the payment to the doctor would use and therefore decrease unrestricted net assets.
Example Question #7 : Not For Profit Accounting
A private, not-profit organization receives a cash gift of $2 million in Year 1. The donor of the funds specified that the money should be invested, with all earnings on the investment being used to pay the salaries of a team of social workers. In the first year, $100,000 was earned on the investment but it was not spent as specified until Year 2. How will this be reported in the statement of activities and changes in net assets in Year 2?
An expense for $100,000 is reported under unrestricted net assets
A reclassification is done to decrease restricted net assets by $100,000 and increase unrestricted net assets by $100,000; an expense is also reported under restricted net assets for the same amount
A revenue reduction for $100,000 is reported under restricted net assets
A reclassification is due to increase revenue by $100,000 and decrease restricted net assets by $100,000; an expense is also reported under restricted net assets for the same amount
A reclassification is done to decrease restricted net assets by $100,000 and increase unrestricted net assets by $100,000; an expense is also reported under restricted net assets for the same amount
When the $100K is earned, it is originally recorded as a restricted asset because it is restricted in its use. In Year 2, when the organization is ready to spend the earnings for their intended purposes, it reclasses the $100K to unrestricted assets before using the funds. The organization will record salaries expense for the social workers as well.
Example Question #8 : Not For Profit Accounting
A private, not-for-profit university receives a donation of a building in the beginning of Year 1 with a fair value of $1 million. The university plans to use the building as an office for student organizations, although the donor has not placed any restrictions on its use. The university's policy is to depreciate buildings via the straight line method over a 40 year life with no anticipated residual value. The university does not have a policy to place an assumed time restriction on these donations. Which of the following is true about this gift in Year 1?
There will be a $25,000 increase in the amount of unrestricted net assets reported by the school
There is no increase in the amount of net assets reported by the school
There will be a $1,000,000 increase in the amount of restricted net assets reported by the school
There will be a $1,000,000 increase in the amount of unrestricted net assets reported by the school
There will be a $1,000,000 increase in the amount of unrestricted net assets reported by the school
This asset is reported as an unrestricted net asset at its fair value because no restriction has been placed by the donor.
Example Question #9 : Not For Profit Accounting
A statement of financial position for a nongovernmental non for profit organization reports amounts for which of the following classes of net assets?
Current
Conditionally restricted
With donor restrictions
Long term
With donor restrictions
In the statement of financial position for a non for profit organization, net assets are classified as with or without donor restrictions.