Chapter Eighteen

Accounting and Reporting for

Private Not-for-Profit Entities

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Not-for-Profit Organizations

General Characteristics They receive contributions from donors who do not

expect a return of equal financial value Their operating purpose is not providing goods and

services for profit They do not have ownership interests as do for- profits

May be governmental or private Charitable Educational Civic organizations Political parties Trade organizations

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Learning Objective 18-1

Understand the basic compositionof financial statements produced for a private not-for-profit entity.

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Not-for-Profit Organizations

Several basic goals form the framework for generally accepted accounting principles for private not-for-profit entities, including:

1. Financial statements should focus on the entity as a whole.

2. Reporting requirements for private not-for-profit entities should be similar to those applied by for-profit businesses unless critical differences exist in the nature of the transactions or the informational needs of financial statement users.

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Not-for-Profit Organizations

FASB Statement (SFAS) 116, “Accounting for Contributions Received and Contributions Made,” established guidelines for determining when and how donations should be recognized and reported.

FASB Statement 117, “Financial Statements of Not-for-Profit Organizations,” specified the required content and format for financial statements distributed by these organizations.

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Learning Objective 18-2

Describe the differences in assets that are unrestricted, temporarily restricted, or permanently restricted and explainthe method of reporting these categories.

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Three critical differences exist between private not-for-profit and for-profit businesses.

1) Donations received by private entities are transactions that have no counterpart in commercial businesses.

2) The private entities’ donations often have donor-imposed restrictions.

3) No single figure describes performance as effectively as net income does for commercial entities.

Financial Reporting

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Learning Objective 18-3

Explain the purpose andconstruction of a statementof functional expenses.

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Statement of Functional Expense

Statement provides a detailed analysis of expenses by function and object.

Columns represent functions followed by supporting services.

Categories are the same as those reported on the statement of activities and column totals agree with the operating expenses on that statement.

Rows list expenses according to their nature.

Allocation of joint fund-raising & program service costs is permitted only when certain criteria are met.

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Learning Objective 18-4

Report the various types ofcontributions that a privatenot-for-profit entity canreceive.

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Accounting for Contributions

Contributions, unconditional transfers of cash or other resources, are recorded as support at fair value in the period received.

Restricted gifts are not the same as conditional gifts.

Donors of restricted contributions specify how they are to be used. These gifts are recognized as temporarily or permanently restricted assets when a promise is received.

Conditional promises that require a future action before asset will be transferred from the donor are not recognized until conditions are met.

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Accounting for Contributions

Donations of works of art and historical treasures are generally not recognized, but disclosure is required.

Exchanges, such as member dues, are treated as accrual revenue.

Contributed services are recognized as revenue if one of two conditions is met:

1. The service creates or enhances a nonfinancial asset, OR

2. The services are specialized and would have had to be purchased otherwise.

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Learning Objective 18-5

Understand the impact of atax-exempt status.

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Tax-Exempt Status

Not-for-profits may not have to pay federal income taxes under the following sections of the Internal Revenue Code: Section 501(c)(3), Section 501(c)(4), Section 501(c)(6)

Exempt from federal taxes. Often exempt from state taxes. Donors receive reduction in their taxable income. Non-profit postal permit reduces the cost of postage. Cannot engage in political campaign activity. A not-for-profit must file a Form 990, Return of

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Learning Objective 18-6

Account for both mergers andacquisitions of not-for-profitentities.

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Acquisitions

In an Acquisition, one organization obtains control over another.

Acquired accounts are reported at fair value.

If total acquisition value is greater than the total value of identifiable assets and liabilities, excess is reported as goodwill.

If future operations are expected to by primarily supported by contributions, the excess value is reported as a reduction in net assets.

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Mergers

A merger occurs when two or more not-for-profit entities form a new not-for-profit and turn control over to a newly created governing board.

The carryover method is applied in reporting for mergers.

In a merger, the newly formed not-for-profit records all accounts at their previous book values as of the date of the merger.

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Learning Objective 18-7

Describe the unique aspectsof accounting for health careentities.

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Health Care expenditures account for 17.6% of our Gross Domestic Product, much of which is paid by third-party payors.

From a financial reporting perspective, these organizations have no need to compute and report net income.

However, readers of the financial statements need a way to measure the efficiency of the entity’s operations.

FASB requires the reporting of a “performance indicator” to show operational success or failure.

Accounting for Health Care Organizations

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Accounting for Patient Service Revenues

Third-party payors, insurance companies, Medicare, and Medicaid, not the patient, pay some or all of the cost of medical services received.

Bad debts and fee reductions for health care providers can be significantly higher than for other kinds of businesses.

Entities initially record revenue at standard rates.

Amounts that the entity does not expect to collect is reported in a manner that best reflects the activities (contra-revenue or bad debt expense).

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Insurance companies and Medicare establish contractual arrangements with health care providers stipulating rates to be paid for specific services.

The entity must write off the difference in the amount a patient is charged and the amount the payor will pay in a contractual adjustment account.

For matching purposes, these reductions must be recognized in the same period that the patient service revenue is earned.

Contractual Agreements with Third-Party Payors

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