Identify the Interfund Activity
The following events take place:
- The Special Revenue Fund transfers $8,000 to the Internal Service Fund as a temporary loan.
- The Internal Service Fund bills the Special Revenue Fund $20,000 for services performed.
- Interest payments in the amount of $14,000 that are the responsibility of the Debt Service Fund are paid by the General Fund.
- The unexpended balance of the Capital Projects Fund, which is $65,000, is transferred to the General Fund.
- Current expendable revenues of the Trust Fund in the amount of $35,000 are transferred to the Special Revenue Fund.
- The General Fund transfers $100,000 to start an Internal Service Fund.
Required:
- Identify the interfund activity as a loan, services provided and used, interfund transfer, or interfund reimbursement and prepare entries in general journal form to record the transactions on the records of the funds involved.
- Why is it important to distinguish residual equity transfers from operating transfers?