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Oracle Vocab

Subjects : oracle, it-skills
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1. Assets - which are intended to be held or used for an extended periof of time - such as land - buildings - structures - machinery - furniture - and other equipment. Any piece of equipment costing $5 -000 or more must be purchased as a fixed asset.






2. The most recently baselined budget version of the budget.






3. The amount of direct and indirect costs that would be reduced or eliminated if a service currently provided by County staff were to be provided by contract. These costs are typically include all direct and variable costs - as well as any portions of






4. The additional to cash or other current assets of governmental funds( receipts) which do not increase any liability or reserve and do not represent the recovery of an expenditure from services to others ( reimbursements).






5. A separate financial reporting unit fo budgeting - management - or accounting purposes. All budgetary transactions are recorded in accounts






6. An initial building of the budget using a base year usually the second of the prior year's Operational Plan) for non salary related accounts and recalculated salary and benefits costs based on current positions loaded into BRASS from PeopleSoft.






7. A grant - subsidy - revenue agreement - revenue contract - or specific funding which is allocated to an organization for a specific purpose(s) and can be used to fund one or more projects - An award is usually billed or invoiced to a Customer ( i.e.






8. The Board of Supervisors approved an annual spending plan for proprietary funds. The adopted expense estimates are not appropriations - their budgetary controls are the same as those of governments funds.






9. When one department or fund desires services from another department or fund and the department or fund providing the service sgree to a scope of work and an estimated budget and schedule.






10. As a political subdivision of the State of California - the County is governed by a five- member Board of Supervisor - which has legislative and executed authority. Each member of the Board of Supervisors is elected by geographic district.






11. Units of work that can be broken down into one or more task to capture and related revenue.






12. Additional revenue that was not expected and - therefore -not budgeted - but which may legally be made available for the financing requirements of the County.






13. Those expenses which can be charged directly as a part of the cost of a product or service - or of a department or operating unit ( labor - equipment usage - materials - contractor payments - etc). These labor costs usually include only front-line or






14. A promise to repay borrowed money on a particular date - often ten or twenty years in the future; most bonds involve a promise to pay a specified dollar amount of interest at predetermined intervals. Bonds are a mechanism used to obtain long-term fin






15. An accounting method is used to allocate the costs associated with an activity to the individuals - groups - or organizations benefiting from that activity. Costs are based on activites rather than accounting data.






16. An encumbrance category that allows you track you anticipated expenditures according to your purchase approval process. Types:commitments ( requisition encumbrances) and obligation ( PO encumbrances).






17. Funds that account for resources that government hold in trust for individuals or other governments. Examples include the Community Services Trust Fund for Developer deposit and School District Funds tha are included in the County Investment Pool.






18. Locally generated revenues derived from property taxes - sales taxes - vehicle license fees - court fines - and fund balances. Can be used for any purpose that is a legal expenditure of County Funds. The Board of Supervisors controls their usage.






19. The amount of revenue expected to accrue or to be collected during a fiscal year.






20. The estimated cost amounts at completion of a project. Cost budget amounts can be summary or detail - and ca be burdened or unburdened.






21. Items that are stocked in intentory. Inventory is controlled by quantity and value. Remains an asset until it is consumed. The cost of an intentory items is recognized as an expense when it is consumed or sold.






22. Those expenses which can be charged directly as a part of the cost of a product or service - or of a department or operating unit - as distiquished from overhead and other indirect costs which most be prorated among several products or services - dep






23. A method of accounting in which revenues are recorded only when cash is received and expenditures are recorded only when payment is made.






24. Items stocked in an inventory and controlled by tracking the quantity and value of each item. Typically - each item is considered an 'asset' until it is issued or adjusted ( expensed) out of the inventory. The value of the item is equal to the curren






25. A non-asset inventory that has already been expensed to a final use account and is thus carried and tracked as a on hand balance only - with an accounting value of zero.






26. A legal authorization to make expenditures or to enter into obligations for specific purposes. An appropriation is usually limited in amount for each department or fund of the County and as to the time when it may be expended - normally only during t






27. One or more funds that account for the goods and services provided by one department to another within a government on a cost-reimbursement basis. ( General Services Facilities Management - Fleet Maintenance - and Document Services ISF) will budget a






28. The version of the Operations Plan that is formally approved and implemented by the Board of Supervisors after the proposed Operational Plan has gone through a process of Change Letters - public hearing - and deliberations.






29. Funds ensure that available resources are controlled and spent in accordance with organizational spending - service delivery decision and finance- related legar and contractual provisions.






30. The account structure an enterprise uses to record transactions and maintain account balances.






31. Is a written record for goods or services provided or request for payment. A summarized list of charges and other information that is recorded in Account Receivalbe - can be printed - and can be sent to a customer to request payment or reimbursement.






32. Costs that are directly attributalbe to work performed -also referred to as Direct Costs.






33. Accounts for the financingof goods and services provided by one department or agency to other departments or agency on a cost-reimbursement basis.






34. An internal request for goods or services. A requisiton can originate from an employee or from another process. Each requition can include many lines - generally with a distict item on each requisition line.






35. Accounts for the proceeds of specific revenue sources ( except pension trust and major capital projects) that are legally restricted to expenditures for specific purposes.






36. Use of an appropriation to purchse goods and services necessary to carry out the responsibilities of a department or organization. Expenditures are decreases in net financial resources.






37. The Generally Accepted Accounting Principles( GAAP) promulgated by te Governmental Accountng Standards Board - which guide the recording and reporting of financial information by state and local governments.






38. The authorized budget for a project or task - which is used for performance reporting and revenue calculation.






39. An excess of liabilites over assets - of losses over profits - or of expenditures over revenue.






40. Expiration in the service life of capital assets - other than wasting assets - attributable to wear and tear - deterioration - action of the physical elements - idadequacy - and obsolescence.






41. To approve an award budget for use in reporting and accounting.






42. A fund used to account for assets held by a government in a trustee capacity for individuals - private organizations - other governments and/or other funds.






43. Are established by the Board of Supervisors and include Airports - Wastewater Management and Transit Enterprise Funds - County Sanitation Districts and various Internal Service Funds ( General Services Fleet Maintenance - Facilities Management and Do






44. Revenues are recorded when measurable and earned ( rather than when cash is received - and expenses are recognized when a good or service is used( rather thane when payment is made).






45. Accounts for the provision of supplies and / or tangible services to public that is similar to services provided by business enterprises.






46. The types of invoices- Standard - Credit memo - Debit memo - Expense Report - Prepayment - Mixed.






47. The amount computed by dividing an aggregate balance by the number of calendar days in the related range.






48. Non-Capital Project. Non productive time as a type of indirect project to track paid time off. Printing - mails - purchasing - contracting - fleet - facilities. and admin projects ( overhead - training - travel - etc ).






49. An account that contains money set aside for a legaly restricted specifi future use.






50. A unit with budgetary control and/or management responsibilities for financial transactions. Represents the 'cost center'qualifier segment required in Oracle and is at the trasactional level of input( child).