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ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE <br />APPENDIX B <br />GASB No. 22 Accounting for Taxpayer - Assessed Tax Revenues in Governmental Funds <br />This statement was issued in December, 1993 and establishes standards for the recognition of <br />revenues from taxpayer - assessed taxes, such as sales and income taxes, in governmental funds. <br />The AICPA's 1974 Industry Audit Guide essentially required cash -basis recognition of taxpayer - <br />assessed tax revenues. GASB No. 22 requires revenues from taxpayer - assessed taxes, net of <br />estimated refunds, to be recognized in the accounting period in which they become susceptible to <br />accrual (measurable and available to fmance expenditures of the fiscal period). This statement is <br />effective for financial statements for periods beginning after June 15, 1994. <br />GASB No. 23 Accounting and Financial Reporting for Refundings of Debt Reported by <br />Proprietary Activities <br />This Statement was issued in December, 1993 and applies to current refundings and advance <br />refundings that result in defeasance of debt of proprietary funds. Prior to the issuance of GASB <br />No. 23, the reporting of gains or losses from a defeasance was established by APB Opinion No. <br />26. APB Opinion No. 26 required the immediate recognition of a gain or loss in determining net <br />income in the period of extinguishment. GASB No. 23 now requires this gain or loss to be <br />deferred and amortized as a component of interest expense over the shorter of the 1) remaining <br />life of the old debt or 2) the life of the new debt. <br />This Statement is effective for financial statements issued for periods beginning after June 15, <br />1994. <br />GASB No. 24 Accounting and Financial Reporting for Certain Grants and Other Financial <br />Assistance <br />This statement was issued in June, 1994 and establishes standards for accounting and reporting <br />of pass - through grants, food stamps, and on- behalf payments for fringe benefits and salaries. <br />GASB 24 requires all cash pass - through grants received by a governmental entity to be reported <br />in its financial statements. Governments with administrative or direct financial involvement with <br />cash pass - through grants should recognize revenue and expenditures /expenses in the <br />governmental, proprietary or trust funds. Governments with no administrative or direct financial <br />involvement should report these transactions in an agency fund. <br />GASB 24 also requires revenue and expenditures from food stamps to be recorded in the general <br />or special revenue funds. The revenues and expenditures should be recognized when the food <br />stamps are distributed to the individual. <br />PREPARED BY TAUTGES, REDPATH & CO., LTD. PAGE 4 OF 8 <br />