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Oracle Vocab

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1. 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






2. Determines whether a purchasing document line is for goods - services - freight - Amend A&C - etc.






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






4. An expenditure object within the budget for all standard costs of daily operations - including such terms as office supplies - contractual services - and travel.






5. Those elements of cost necessary in the production of an article or the performance of a service but no an integral part of the finished product or service - such as rent - heat - light - supplies - management - supervision - etc.






6. A standard procurement document issued for delivery of specified goods or services on specified dates at specified locations. A PO is normally a one-time transaction.






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






8. Is derived from taxes - licenses - fees - and investment earnings.






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






10. The financial plan in terms of the costs of activities to be undertaken to achieve specific goals and objectives - which form a department's operational components.






11. 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.






12. Trust Fund and Agency Funds






13. Land - improvements to land - buildings - building improvements - vehicles - machinery - equipment - works of art and historical treasures - infrastructure - and all other tangible or intangible assets that are used in operations and that have initia






14. 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






15. A self-balancing set of accounts.






16. A budget Format prescribed by the State Controller. Refers to account and sub-account detail typically provided by revenue source - and objects of expenditures based on the types of goods or services(salaries & benefits - services & supplies - other






17. 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.






18. 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.






19. Fund is an independent fiscla and accounting entity.






20. 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






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






22. 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.






23. Additional revenue received beyond that which was budgeted and which may be made available for the financing requirements of the County.






24. One of two classes of projects to be used by the County. Capital projects capture costs ( including depreciation) and revenue associated with the construction or acquisition of infrastructure ( i.e. road improvements bridges - etc) - buildings - othe






25. An appropriation used for goods and services ordered and received - whether paid or unpaid - including provisions for debt retirement and capital outlays. Encumbrances do not become expenditures until they are paid.






26. 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






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






28. The major fund in most government unit - the General Fund accounts for all activities not accounted for in other funds. Most functions such as Public Safety or Health Services and Human Resources are accounted for in the General Fund.






29. The budget amounts for a project at the first successful Baselining of the project.






30. Assures suppliers that sufficient funds wil be available once the order is filled. Also are known as obligations and commitments - and only become expenditures when paid or when the actual liability is recorded.






31. 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 -






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






33. 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






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






35. A spending plan for improvements to or acquisition of land - facilities - and infrastructure. The capital budget balances revenues and expenditures - specifies the sources of revenues - and lists each project or acquisition.






36. 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.






37. A large database containing data summarized from one or more transactional systems - optimized to support the analysis needs of the enterprise.






38. 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.






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






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






41. The compilation of proposed amendments to the CAO Proposed Operational Plan. Change Letters must be filed by the close of Public Hearing.






42. 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






43. Annual principal and interest payments that local government owes on borrowed money.






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






45. 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






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






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






48. 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).






49. Does not include paid or unpaid leave - work performed on behalf of a busness entity which is required for that entity to fullfil its business purpose.






50. A fund used to account for the proceeds of specific revenue sources that are legally restricted to expendiutres for a specified purpose.







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