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Oracle Vocab

Subjects : oracle, it-skills
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1. 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.






2. 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






3. The of the cost of a fixed asset - other than a wasting asset - charged as an expense during a particular period. The cost of a fixed asses less any salvage value is prorated over the estimated service life of such an asset - and each period is charg






4. An Inventory carried on accounting records as an asset whose stock items are valued at their unit cost times their quantity on hand - and the stock value is not expensed to a final user account until the material is issued to that user.






5. A payment of money or other assets from one governmental unit to another - from a governmental unit to a not-for-profit agency - or from a not-for-profit agency to a government. Often earmarked for a specific purpose or program.






6. Financial resources recieved from taxes - fees - and other charges - federal or State government - excluding interfund transfers fund balance - or debt issuance proceeds.






7. A periodic - often annual - reconciliation of all inventory item physical counts with system on-hand quantities.






8. A method employed in the constructon and /or maintenance of projects and activities - wherby the County's own personnel are used to perform the services - instead of an outside contractor. This method may also call for the purchase or use of the Coun






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






10. An Actual order(sub-order) of goods and services issued against a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for actual delivery with specified quantities - dates and the accounting information.






11. A type of purchasing document used to reference POs to a specific contract. It may include terms and conditions - agreed amounts - and an effective and expiration date.






12. The operational distribution of General Purpose Revenues to various County departments and programs through the Agency/Groups and subject to Board approval.






13. An accounting device established to control receipts and disbursements set aside to support specific activities.






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






15. 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.






16. A type of Purchase Order that is issued to specify agreed-to prices - delivery periods or other terms for goods or services that will be ordered ( released) for actual delivery later. A BPA is normally issued to cover a long-term agreement period suc






17. The transfer of costs of services performed by one budget unit for the benefit of another budget unit within the same fund.






18. When the PO is created from the Requisiton in Purchasing. This action then relieves the Commitment encumbrance that was created by the Requsition and creates an Obligation.






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






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






21. 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.






22. 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 ).






23. 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






24. 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






25. The spread of an assets cost over the time period it is used.






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






27. The percentage of full time the employee should normally work in a specifi job. Is defined by the Standard Hours.






28. An itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered






29. 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.






30. Includes the all elements of cost for the production of a good or service - including direct - indirect - and overhead costs. Full cost includes raw costs - plus all apllicable burden costs for raw labor.






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






32. 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






33. A classification of cost that is assigned to each expenditure items. Expenditure types are grouped into cost groups ( expenditure categories) and revenue groups ( revenue categories).






34. A budget format prescribed by the State Controller. Shows activities grouped by functional organization units - such as departments. The term line-items refers to account and sub-account detail typically provided for revenue by source ( e.g property






35. The term used for major contsruction projects - the acqusition of land - and the investment in major Capital Assets in the County. The project assets are of significant value and have a useful life of five years or more. Imcude the purchase of land -






36. With separate revenue - expenditures - and fund balances. A legal independet fiscal and accounting entity - to record its cash and other resources and equties - assets - liabilities - reserves and surplus ( fund balance) as well as its income and exp






37. A separate fund established to account for services that are supported primarly by service charges. They are similar to private business enterprise - where the costs of providing goods or services to the general public or to customer departments on a






38. Accounts for the purchase or construction of major facilities which are not financed by proprietary or trust funds.






39. A document received from a supplier that lists amounts owed to the supplier for purchased good or services.






40. It is business or individual that provides good and /or services in return for payment. Also known as a Vendor.






41. A fund used to account for the financing of good or services provided by one department to other departments of the County - or to other governmental units - on a cost-reimbursement basis.






42. The difference between a fund's assets and its liabilites. A surplus or deficit of assets over liabilites and reserves within a specific fund or organizational unit. A comparison of projected ependitures and revenues with related appropriations. Port






43. Accounts for assets held by government in a trustee capacity for public employement retirement systems.






44. Accounts for the accumulation for and the payment of general long-term principal and interest.






45. 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).






46. A self-balancing set of accounts.






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






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






49. An object of value owned by a corporation or business. Assets are entered in Oracle Projects as non-labor resources.






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