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Near the End of 2020, Lewis County's General Fund Issued

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Near the end of 2020, Lewis County's general fund issued purchase orders for merchandise totaling $3,100,000. These purchase orders were still outstanding at year-end. In 2021, the merchandise was delivered, and the county paid the supplier $3,100,000 in cash. The county uses the purchases method to account for merchandise.
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a. Prepare the journal entries necessary to record the above events in 2021, using the legal budgetary basis. Include any beginning-of-year adjusting entries, as well as end-of-year closing entries.
b. Repeat the requirements of a., using the GAAP budgetary basis.

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a. No beginning adjusting entry needed.
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