Questions - Accounting For LGUs
Questions - Accounting For LGUs
4. Could you provide a brief overview of the fundamental features and policies related to local
government units?
Research Activities
A. Select a specific local government accounting unit, such as a municipality, city, or province, and
conduct the following classroom activities:
2. Analyze the most recent financial statements of the selected local government unit.
3. Compare the accounting system used by the chosen local government unit with the published
accounting manual for local government units.
B. Choose a specific Barangay in your locality and discuss the following aspects:
Exercise 1:
Journal Entries for a Municipality
1. Received a Notice of Funding Check Issued from DBM for the municipality's share of internal
revenue collections, amounting to P50,000,000.
2. Collected receivables for real property taxes, P10,000,000, and special education tax, P10,000,000,
from various taxpayers (both based on 2% of assessed property values).
5. Purchased office supplies on account from National Company, a VAT-registered supplier, for
P20,000.
6. Paid bills for the following: PLDT landline - P33,600, GLOBE mobile - P22,400.
7. Collected real property tax and special education tax from new taxpayers, assessed on a real
property value of P150,000,000.
10. Received a credit memo from the bank for its share of internal revenue collections, P30,000,000.
13. Deposited the total collections from the above receipts into LANDBANK.
14. Distributed the total amount of real property tax collected according to the following sharing:
Municipality-40%; Province-35%; Barangay-25%.
15. Remitted the share due to the Province and Barangays for real property tax.
a. Estimated receivables on real property tax were set up, amounting to P10,000,000, and special
education tax.
b. Collected P1,000,000 on receivables for real property tax and P1,000,000 on special education tax.
d. Deposited the total collections for real property and special education tax.
e. Remitted the share due to Provinces and Barangays for real property tax collected.
g. Received income from the operations of various utilities: Markets - P100,000, Hospitals - P200,000,
Cemeteries - P50,000, Slaughterhouses - P30,000.
h. Collected permit fees of P50,000, registration fees of P20,000, and other local taxes totaling
P30,000.
j. Received a Notice of Funding Check Issued from the DBM for the Internal Revenue Allotment,
amounting to P5,000,000.