The citizen of Spencer County approved the issuance of $2,000,000 in 6 percent general obligation bonds

The citizen of Spencer County approved the issuance of $2,000,000 in 6 percent general obligation bonds to finance the construction of a courthouse annex. A capital projects fund was established for that purpose. The preclosing trial balance of the courthouse annex capital project fund follows:

Trial Balance - December 31, 2012
Debit Credits
Cash $ 1,265,000
Contract payable $ 550,000
Due from state government 200,000
Encumbrances 750,000
Expenditures - capital 1,485,000
Intergovernmental grant 40,000
OFS: premium on bonds 35,000
OFS: proceeds sale of bonds 2,000,000
Budgetary fund balance - 750,000
Reserve for encumbrances Transfer out 35,000
$ 3,735,000 $ 3,375,000

a. Prepare any closing entries necessary at year-end.
b. Prepare a Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, And Changes in Fund Balance for the courthouse annex capital project fund.
c. Prepare a balance sheet for the Courthouse Annex Capital Project Fund, assuming all unexpected resources are restricted to construction of the courthouse annex.


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Dillon, a U.S. citizen, resides in Country K for all of 2010

C:16-44 Foreign-Earned Income Exclusion. Dillon, a U.S. citizen, resides in Country K for all of 2010. Dillon is married, files a joint return and claims two personal exemptions. The following items pertain to his 2010 activities:

Salary and allowances (other than for housing) a $175,000
Housing allowance 28,000
Employment-related expenses b 7,500
Housing costs 30,000
Other itemized deductions 4,000
Country K income taxes 12,000

a) All of Dillon’s salary and allowances are attributable to services performed in Country K.
b) Dillon claims the employment-related expenses as itemized deductions.
What is Dillon’s net U.S. tax liability for 2010 (assume that Dillon excludes his earned income and housing cost amount)?


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Arnie, a U.S. citizen who uses the calendar year as his tax year and the cash method of accounting, operates a sole proprietorship in Country Z

C:16-39 Translation of Foreign Tax Payments.

Arnie, a U.S. citizen who uses the calendar year as his tax year and the cash method of accounting, operates a sole proprietorship in Country Z. In Year 1, he reports 500,000 doubles of pretax profits. On June 1 of Year 2, he pays Country Z income taxes of 150,000 doubles for calendar Year 1. Double-U.S. dollar exchange rates on various dates in Year 1 and Year 2 are as follows:

December 31, Year 1 4.00 doubles $1 (U.S.)
Year 1 average 3.75 doubles $1 (U.S.)
June 1, Year 2 4.25 doubles $1 (U.S.)

a. What is the U.S. dollar amount of Arnie’s foreign tax credit? In what year can Arnie claim the credit?
b. How would your answer to Part a change if Arnie elected to accrue his foreign income taxes on December 31 of Year 1, and filed his Year 1 U.S. income tax return on April 15 of Year 2?
c. What adjustment to the credit claimed in Part b would Arnie have to make when he pays his Country Z taxes on June 1 of Year 2?


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