Question

The town of Gracie has established a permanent fund to account for numerous significant gifts intended to maintain a cemetery in perpetuity. Investment earnings from the permanent fund have been more than enough to maintain the cemetery. What fund balance classification should be used to account for unspent investment earnings that remain in the fund at year end

Answer 1

Answer: B. Restricted Fund Balance

Explanation:

A Restricted Fund is created when the source of the funds sets certain stipulations for the use of the money which in this case is that the monies should be used for the maintenance of the cemetery. The monies will therefore be restricted to that use alone.

The Unspent Investment Earnings will be reinvested in the Permanent fund at the end of the year. The Permanent Fund is a Restricted fund account therefore the Unspent earnings will be classified as a Restricted fund balance as well.