Question

Which of the following financial statements are required for a Debt Service Fund? Multiple Choice Statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances only. Balance sheet and statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance only. Balance sheet; statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance; and statement of cash flows. Statement of net position only.

Answer 1

Answer:

Balance sheet; statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balance.

Explanation:

Under the Codification of Governmental Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB); Code 200 states that debt service funds are to be used to service terms and bond reserves, guaranty, warrants, note, capital leases, or sinking funds.

Debt service funds is a cash reserve which is used to report account and pay for the interest and principal payment on financial resources that are restricted, committed or assigned to expenditure except debt of proprietary and fiduciary funds who account for their own interest and principle payments.

The purpose of using a debt service fund is to reduce the risk of a debt security for investors, thereby making it more attractive and appealing to them. Also, the debt service fund helps to mitigate the effective interest rate needed by the government to sell the offering.

The following financial statements are required for a Debt Service Fund;

I. Balance sheet.

II. Statement of revenues.

III. Expenditures.

IV. Changes in fund balance.