Get hands-on, practical experience with Tyler Technologies software and the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) of Austin, Texas. The CD-ROM contains an education version of state-of-the-art General Ledger and GASB 34 fund accounting and reporting software designed by Tyler Technologies, Inc. as well as an annual report related to a continuing problem in the text. The professional government accounting software provides: valuable experience in recording transactions and preparing financial statements; familiarity with the type of software that you are most likely to encounter in modern-day governments; and, an overview of the entire accounting cycle.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The Government and Not-for-Profit Environment.Chapter 2. Fund Accounting.Chapter 3. Issues of Budgeting and Control.Chapter 4. Recognizing Revenues in Governmental Funds.Chapter 5. Recognizing Expenditures in Governmental Funds.Chapter 6. Accounting For Capital Projects and Debt Service.Chapter 7. Capital Assets and Investments in Marketable Securities.Chapter 8. Long-Term Obligations.Chapter 9. Business-Type Activities.Chapter 10. Fiduciary Funds and Permanent Funds.Chapter 11. Issues of Reporting, Disclosure, and Financial Analysis.Chapter 12. Not-For-Profit Organizations.Chapter 13. Health Care Providers and Colleges and Universities.Chapter 14. Managing For Results.Chapter 15. Auditing Governments and Not-for-Profit Organizations.Chapter 16. Federal Government Accounting.Glossary.Value Tables.Index.