1. Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course
STATE /LOCAL FINANCE OFFICER REQUIREMENT
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County
Financial Statement Terms
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2. Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
All county money is to be reported on the quarterly financial statement whether it is included in the budget or not. The statement is a cumulative report and is prepared on a cash basis by the County Judge/Executive and the County Treasurer pursuant to KRS The report is comprised of four sections as follows:
Section I: Summary and Reconciliation, prepared by county treasurer
Section II: Receipts Section, prepared by county treasurer
Section III: Contingent Liabilities Section, prepared by county treasurer
Section IV: Appropriation Condition Report, prepared by county judge/executive
The State Local Finance Officer requires the report to be submitted by the 20th of the month following the close of the quarters ending September 30, December 31, March 31 and June 30. A copy must be posted in the courthouse and a copy must be transmitted electronically to the State Local Finance Officer. The final quarterly report filed by a county within fifteen (15) days after the end of the last quarter of the fiscal year, in accordance with KRS (2), shall be deemed the uniform financial information report for that county for purposes of compliance with KRS to
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3. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Total Receipts to Date
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
This figure is the total of all receipts to date, including the beginning cash balance, investments, cash transfers in, cash transfers out, and borrowed money.
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4. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Total Claims Allowed
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Total claims allowed is the amount of claims allowed since July as shown on the appropriation report. This figure does not include any cash transfers between funds (transfers are reflected in the "total receipts to date").
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5. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Cash Balance
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
The cash balance in the summary section is the difference between a fund’s "total receipts to date" and "total disbursements." This includes the fund checking account balance plus any investments attributable to a fund.
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6. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Total Encumbrances
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Enter the total dollar amount of unpaid purchase orders from the purchase order journal.
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7. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Unencumbered Cash Balance
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Subtract total encumbrances from the cash balance. This figure represents the “uncommitted cash" available.
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8. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Bank Balance
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
This figure represents the bank balance prior to reconciliation and must come from your bank statement.
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9. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Plus Deposits in Transit
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Any deposits that are not reflected in the bank statement.
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10. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Less Outstanding Checks
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Any checks that are not reflected in the bank statement.
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11. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Other
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Investments may be shown in the "other" section.
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12. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Cash Balance
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
This figure should agree with the cash balance in the summary section of the report. If they do not, there is an error.
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13. Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Signature
Section 1 Summary and Reconciliation
This report must be signed and dated by the County Judge/Executive and County Treasurer.
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14. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Receipt Page
Section II Receipts Section
Receipts are reported by fund. All funds use the same format.
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15. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Account Code
Section II Receipts Section
The account code is the four digit code that identifies the specific source of revenue. The account code for receipts will always begin with the number "4". The account code you use should be whatever most accurately describes the income source. All receipts must be assigned a receipt code. A complete listing of account codes is found in Department for Local Governments’ “County Budget Preparation and State Local Finance Officer Policy Manual” found on their website;
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16. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Description
Section II Receipts Section
A brief description of the income source. The description should relate directly to the account code used, but the identifying phrase should be meaningful to the Treasurer and Fiscal Court.
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17. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Original Budget Estimate
Section II Receipts Section
This column means just what it says. Everything listed in this column should come straight from the adopted budget. This includes estimates used for surplus, transfers, and borrowed money. Once established, these do not change. If the "total receipts" in this column do not agree with the budget, something is incorrect.
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18. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Budget Amendments
Section II Receipts Section
Whenever a budget amendment is approved it should be reflected in this column. The account code to be used comes directly from the adopted amendment. An amendment may be either positive or negative.
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19. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Received this Quarter
Section II Receipts Section
This column reflects only the money that was received during the most recent quarter. This column should be ignored during column total cross checks.
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20. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Total Received To Date
Section II Receipts Section
The sum of all receipts to date of a particular account code.
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21. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Under (Over) Budget
Section II Receipts Section
The difference between the sum of the original budget estimate, plus or minus any budget amendments, minus the total received to date.
If the figure is a positive number, the account code is under budget.
If the number is a negative, the account code is over budget and should be shown in parentheses ( ).
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22. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
4901 Cash Balance July
Section II Receipts Section
In the "Original Budget Estimate" column, this figure is the estimated surplus amount used in the adopted budget. In the "Total Received to Date" column, the figure is the actual cash balance as of July 1, including all investments.
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23. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
4903 Adjustments to Prior Year Surplus
Section II Receipts Section
Should be used to record any changes to a beginning balance resulting from an auditors finding or a voided check from the previous year.
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24. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
A word about cash transfers
Section II Receipts Section
4910 denotes a cash transfer into one fund from another.
4909 denotes a cash transfer from one fund to another. Try not to think of a transfer as either a receipt or expenditure. These codes are merely tools that allows an increase or decrease in the cash balance from one fund to another to be clearly reflected. All transfers require a court order. The total of all transfers "in" and "out" should be the same.
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25. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
4909 Transfers Out
Section II Receipts Section
Depending on the column, the amount shown should be from either the original budget, an amendment, or the sum of actual transfers out. A 4909 transfer "out" is also used to accommodate a temporary loan from one fund to another.
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26. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
4910 Transfers In
Section II Receipts Section
Depending on the column, the amount shown should be from either the original budget, an amendment, or the sum of actual transfers in. A 4910 transfer "in" is also used to accommodate a temporary loan from one fund to another.
November 23, 2018
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27. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
4911 Borrowed Money
Section II Receipts Section
This line is for money that is borrowed from a bank (or other outside Source such as COLT) and should not be confused with a temporary “loan” from one fund to another. Any borrowed money that is not reflected in the original budget estimate must be amended into the budget and be properly reflected on the financial report as a “receipt” as well as an “expenditure” for repayment of borrowed funds.
November 23, 2018
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28. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Cross Checking or Cross Footing
Section II Receipts Section
The process of double checking figures is a basic principle of all accounting work and is important in verifying the accuracy on any mathematical report.
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29. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
The following “formula” should be used for the receipts section of the financial statement: Original Budget Estimate, Plus or Minus Amendments, Minus Total Received to Date = Under (Over) Budget.
Section II Receipts Section
When this procedure is applied to the Subtotal line, the answer should be the same as when you add the Under (Over) column down. If the answers are not the same, something is incorrect. This same procedure should also apply to the "Total Receipts" line.
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30. Section II Receipts Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
The Fiscal Court should be constantly monitoring receipts and expenditures. If the Court wishes to transfer, by court order, a substantial amount of cash from one fund to another, they should be checking to see how that transfer will be affecting total receipts and the effect on remaining expenditures in that fund. There may be times the Court would consider a negative amendment to reflect the fact that certain expenditures won't be met as a result of a substantial, unbudgeted transfer.
Conversely, the "free balances" remaining at the end of a budget year will clearly denote that expenditures were not met. The point is that the fiscal court has the responsibility to carefully manage receipts and expenditures.
Section II Receipts Section
(Please Note!!)
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31. Section III Liabilities Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Multi-year Issues:
Statutorily authorized debt that may exceed the current fiscal year.
Section III Liabilities Section
Budget Account Code:
Nine digit appropriation code where the repayment is budgeted. This code is comprised of the fund number and the major and minor object code.
Description of Issue:
A brief description of the issue (i.e., courthouse, park, jail, etc.).
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32. Section III Liabilities Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Term:
The total length of the repayment schedule of the issue (i.e., 10 years, etc.).
Section III Liabilities Section
Current Interest Rate:
The interest rate of the issue for this fiscal year.
Issue Date:
The effective date of the bond or lease.
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33. Section III Liabilities Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Total Principal Amount:
The amount borrowed excluding interest.
Section III Liabilities Section
Total Interest Amount:
The interest scheduled to be repaid over the term of the issue.
Total Issue:
The sum of the principal and interest.
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34. Section III Liabilities Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Principal Balance Remaining:
The principal amount outstanding at the time of the report.
Section III Liabilities Section
Interest Balance Remaining:
The amount of scheduled interest outstanding at the time of the report.
Less Reserve Earnings:
The amount of earnings on the issue that may be utilized to reduce the outstanding balance of the issue or to displace future scheduled payments.
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35. Section III Liabilities Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Net Outstanding:
The sum of principal balance and interest balance
(line 10 plus line 11), remaining minus reserve earnings (line 11).
Section III Liabilities Section
Next Payment Due Date:
Self explanatory
Final Payment Due Date:
Self explanatory
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36. Section III Liabilities Section
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Short Term Liabilities:
Financial obligations (loans and /or leases) that are scheduled not to exceed the current fiscal year.
Section III Liabilities Section
Total Outstanding Debt:
The sum of the net outstanding for all liabilities, both long term and short term.
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37. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Appropriation Account Number
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
This is the expenditure account code originating from the chart of accounts found in your budget manual but taken here from the appropriation ledger. It will always consist of a fund code, major object code, and minor object code. For example:
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38. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Name of Appropriation Account
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
A brief description of the account, such as "County Judge/ Executive Salary".
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39. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Original Budget Estimate
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
This column is copied from the original adopted budget. The figures in this column will not change during the fiscal year. The total of this column should agree with the original budget adopted by the Fiscal Court.
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40. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Budget Amendments
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Adopted budget amendments are reflected in this column. The account codes are the same as those in the expenditure section on the adopted amendment. Amendments may be either positive or negative.
November 23, 2018
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41. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Budget Transfers (+ or -)
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Intra-fund budget transfers are transfers of budget appropriations from one line item to another within the same fund. This is the most familiar transfer. By court order, budget transfers of appropriation may be made directly from one line item to another or channeled through The total of these budget transfers should equal zero within the same fund. All budget transfers require a court order.
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42. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
AN IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT and
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
These appropriation accounts are not expenditure accounts. Expenditures should not be posted directly to these accounts and are unassigned appropriations that have been budgeted. If a need arises, by Fiscal Court order, a new line item can be created for a specific expenditure and the contingency line item is reduced accordingly.
November 23, 2018
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43. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Total Available
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
This column is the sum of the original budget estimate, plus or minus any budget amendments, plus or minus any budget transfers.
November 23, 2018
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44. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Claims Allowed Since July
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
As indicated, this is the total of all claims allowed since the beginning of the year.
November 23, 2018
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45. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Free Balance
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
The free balance shows the amount of remaining appropriations that are available in a line item. An expenditure cannot be made unless there is sufficient budget appropriation. The free balance does not represent cash available. It only means that if the cash is available, there is a place in the budget for the expenditure.
November 23, 2018
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46. Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
Kentucky County Treasurer’s
Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Cross Checking or Cross Footing
Section IV Appropriation Condition Report
This procedure should be applied to all columns. Columns should be totaled by fund. If the sum of the "Original Budget Estimate", plus or minus "Amendments", plus or minus "Transfers" does not equal the sum of the "Total Available" column, there is an error.
The sum of the "Total Available " column, minus "Claims Allowed Since July" should equal the sum of the "Free Balance" column. If it does not, there is an error.
November 23, 2018
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47. This is to certify that, on this day, FIRST LAST
Friday, November 23, 2018
FIRST LAST
Has successfully completed the
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course
Glossary of County Financial Statement Terms
Tammy Robertson
K.A.C.T.F.O. President