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CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS Notes to Financial Statements (Continued) September 30, 2025 I. Summar of Siggificant Accounting Policies (Continued) D. Basis of Presentation — Fund Financial Statements (Continued) Further, certain activity occurs during the year involving transfers of resources between funds. In the fund financial statements, these amounts are reported at gross amounts as transfers in/out. While reported in fund financial statements, certain eliminations are made in the preparation of the government -wide financial statements. Transfers between the funds included in governmental activities are eliminated so that only the net amount is included as transfers in the governmental activities' column. Similarly, balances between the funds included in business -type activities are eliminated so that only the net amount is included as transfers in the business -type activities column. E. Measurement Focus and Basis of Accounting The accounting and financial reporting treatment is determined by the applicable measurement focus and basis of accounting. Measurement focus indicates the type of resources being measured such as current financial resources or economic resources. The basis of accounting indicates the timing of transactions or events for recognition in the financial statements. The government -wide financial statements are reported using the economic resources measurement focus and the accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded when a liability is incurred, regardless of the timing of related cash flows. Property taxes are recognized as revenues in the year for which they are levied. Grants and similar items are recognized as revenue as soon as all eligibility requirements imposed by the provider have been met. The accounts of the City are organized on the basis of funds. A fund is an independent fiscal and accounting entity with a self -balancing set of accounts. Fund accounting segregates funds according to their intended purpose and is used to aid management in demonstrating compliance with finance -related legal and contractual provisions. The minimum number of funds is maintained consistently with legal and managerial requirements. The governmental fund financial statements are reported using the current financial resources measurement focus and the modified accrual basis of accounting. Revenues are recognized as soon as they are both measurable and available. Revenues are considered to be available when they are collectible within the current period or soon enough thereafter to pay liabilities of the current period. For this purpose, the government considers revenues to be available if they are collected within sixty days of the end of the current fiscal period. Expenditures generally are recorded when a liability is incurred, as under accrual accounting. However, debt service expenditures, as well as expenditures related to compensated absences, claims and judgments, postemployment benefits, and environmental obligations are recognized later based on specific accounting rules applicable to each, generally when payment is due. General capital asset acquisitions, including entering into contracts giving the City the right to use assets, are reported as expenditures in governmental funds. Issuance of long-term debt and financing through leases and subscription -based information technology arrangements are reported as other financing sources. Property taxes, franchise taxes, licenses, interest, and special assessments are susceptible to accrual. Sales taxes are recognized as revenue in the period when the exchange transaction on which the tax is imposed occurs. Other receipts and taxes become measurable and available when cash is received by the City and are recognized as revenue at that time. Entitlements and shared revenues are recorded at the time of receipt or earlier if the susceptible to accrual criteria are met. Expenditure -driven grants are recognized as revenue when the qualifying expenditure has been incurred, and all other grant requirements have been met. The proprietary and fiduciary funds are accounted for using the economic resources measurement focus and use the accrual basis of accounting. Under this method, revenues are recorded when earned and expenses are recorded at the time liabilities are incurred. The proprietary fund is used to account for operations that are financed and operated in a manner similar to private business enterprises, where the governing body has decided that the detennination of revenues earned, costs incurred, and/or net income is necessary for management accountability. 32