ACC 430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Capital Asset, Historical Cost, Governmental Accounting Standards Board

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Chapter five: accounting for general capital assets and capital projects. Long-lived assets used by activities financed by the general fund or other governmental funds are called general capital assets. General capital assets should be distinguished from capital assets that are specifically associated with activities financed by proprietary and fiduciary funds. Capital assets acquired by proprietary and fiduciary funds are accounted for by those funds. 5-1: describe the nature and characteristics of general capital assets. Capital assets: land, buildings, land and building improvements, construction work in progress, vehicles, machinery, equipment, works of art and historical treasures, infrastructure assets, and intangible assets. Generally acquired by outright purchase, by construction (utilizing either government"s own workforce or the services of private contractors), or by lease financing. General capital assets require substantial amounts of money ordinarily cannot be acquired with. General fund or special revenue fund annual appropriations within a single budgetary period.

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