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ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATE <br />APPENDIX B <br />— <br />GASB No. 21 Accounting for Escheat Property <br />— This statement was issued in October, 1993 and establishes standards for the fund type to be used <br />to report escheat property and for reporting liabilities and interfund transfers relating to escheat <br />property. An escheat is the reversion of property to a governmental entity in the absence of legal <br />claimants or heirs. <br />This Statement requires escheat property generally to be reported in either an expendable trust fund <br />or the fund to which the property ultimately escheats (the "ultimate fund). Escheat revenue should <br />be reduced and a fund liability reported to the extent that it is probable that escheat property will be <br />reclaimed and paid to claimants. Payments to claimants should reduce the liability. <br />If escheat property is initially reported in an expendable trust fund, amounts transferred to the <br />ultimate fund should be reported as an operating transfer. If, as a result of the transfer, the <br />remaining assets of the expendable trust fund are less than the liabilities of the fund, the difference <br />should be reported as an "advance to" in the expendable trust fund and an "advance from" in the <br />ultimate fund. If, however, the escheat assets of the expendable trust fund exceed the liabilities of <br />that fund, the difference should be reported as fund balance. <br />— The provisions of this Statement are effective for fmancial statements for periods beginning after <br />June 15, 1994. <br />GASB No. 22 Accounting for Taxpayer - Assessed Tax Revenues in <br />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 finance expenditures of the fiscal period). This statement is <br />— <br />effective for financial statements for periods beginning after June 15, 1994. <br />— GASB No. 23 Accounting and Financial Reporting for Refundings of Debt <br />Reported by 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 />— <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 life <br />— 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 />PREPARED BY TAUTGES, REDPATH & CO., LTD. PAGE 3 OF 5 <br />