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Oracle Vocab

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






2. 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.






3. 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






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






5. 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.






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






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






8. Funds estalished to account for the accumulaton of resources for - and for the payment of - principal and interest on general long-term debt.






9. Accounts for the County's financial resources except those required to be accounted for in another fund.






10. 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






11. 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.






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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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).






19. 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.






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






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






22. Enterprise Funds - Internal Service Fund






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






24. 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






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






26. 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 ).






27. 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.






28. 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.






29. 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).






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






34. Trust Fund and Agency Funds






35. Contributions or gifts of cash or other assets from another government or agency to be used or expended for a specified purpose - activity or facility.






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. 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).






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. The electronic process of mainaining an itemized list of current inventory.






50. 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).