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City of Paris, Texas Notes to Financial Statements September 30,2005 r. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Continued) D, Assets, Liabilities and Equity (Continued) 7. Long-Term Obligations (Continued) In the fund financial statements, governmental fund types recognize bond premiums and discounts, as well as issuance costs, during the current period. The face amount of debt issued is reported as other fmancing sources. Premiums received on debt issuances are reported as other financing sources while discounts on debt issuances are reported as other fmancing uses. Issuance costs, even if withheld from the actual net proceeds received, are reported as debt service expenditures. 8. Fund Equity In the fund financial statements, governmental funds report reservations of fund balance for amounts that are not available for appropriation or are legally segregated for a specific purpose. Designations of fund balance represent tentative management plans that are subject to change. II. Reconciliation of Government-wide and Fund Financial Statements A. Explanation of Certain Differences Between the Governmental Fund Balance Sheet and the Government-wide Statement of Net Assets The governmental fund balance sheet includes a reconciliation between fund balance - total governmental funds and net assets - governmental activities as reported in the government-wide statement of net assets. One element of that reconciliation explains that "long-term liabilities, including bonds payable, are not due and payable in the current period and therefore are not reported in the funds." The details of this $14,569,657 difference are as follows: Bonds payable Less: Deferred charge for issuance costs (to be amortized over the life of the debt) Accrued interest payable Capital leases payable Loan payable Compensated absences Net adjustment to reduce fund balance - total governmental funds to arrive at net assets - governmental activities $ 13,776,800 (210,857) 184,116 238,734 49,119 531,745 $ 14,569,657 B. Explanation of Certain Differences Between the Governmental Fund Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances and the Government-wide Statement of Activity The governmental fund statement of revenues, expenditures, and changes in fund balances includes a reconciliation between net changes in fund balances - total governmental funds and changes in net assets of governmental activities as reported in the government-wide statement of activities. One element of that reconciliation explains that "governmental funds report capital outlays as expenditures. However, in the statement of activities the cost of those assets is allocated over their estimated useful lives and reported as depreciation expense." The details of 35