ACC 5070 Government and Not-for-Profit Organization Accounting sample papers, module by module

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ACC-5070 asks accounting students to keep the books of organizations that answer to taxpayers and donors rather than shareholders. The samples here answer its written assignments and nonprofit final project for a composite township and museum, with fund entries, reconciliations and statements that tie together.

Send the exact assignment or rubric from your classroom and a custom sample written to it lands in 24 to 48 hours, the first one free. ACC-5070 is TESU’s Government and Not-for-Profit Organization Accounting course. It introduces accounting for state and local governments and not-for-profit organizations, from fund structure and the government reporting model through governmental, proprietary and debt service fund transactions to government-wide statements and nonprofit financial statements. Searches like "acc 5070 module 3 assignment example", "ACC5070 sample paper", and "ACC-5070 module samples" land on this page.

What ACC-5070 is really about

Reck, Lowensohn and Wilson’s Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities is the text, and the eight-week course moves through six modules. Module 1 explains how accountability changes the purpose of reporting and how governments divide resources into governmental, proprietary and fiduciary funds, and Module 2 sets out the two-layer reporting model of government-wide and fund statements. Module 3 records the budget, taxes, encumbrances and transfers of a General Fund, and Module 4 turns to enterprise funds and debt service funds.

The last two modules widen the view. Module 5 converts governmental fund information into the accrual-based government-wide statements, explaining every reconciling item, and Module 6 covers private not-for-profit organizations and their net assets with and without donor restrictions. The final project then asks for a full set of statements for a nonprofit museum and a separate paper on governmental budgeting techniques.

What ACC-5070’s assessments ask for

Six graded discussions count 24 percent, six written assignments 42 percent, with some requiring short answers and others brief papers of two to five pages, and the two-part final project 34 percent: the nonprofit museum statements and a budgeting paper, 17 percent each. Expect fund classifications, budgetary and actual entries, enterprise fund cash flow statements in four categories, reconciliations of fund balance to net position and nonprofit statements with releases from restriction.

Where students lose points in ACC-5070

Points slip away when students apply business accounting to governmental funds: capitalizing equipment in the General Fund, accruing interest in a debt service fund, recognizing property taxes that will not be available within 60 days or treating transfers as expenditures. In nonprofit work, the usual losses are recognizing conditional grants too early and forgetting to release restrictions as restricted resources are spent.

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Module 1

ACC-5070 Module 1 assignment example

Written assignment: why a township, a museum and a manufacturer keep different books, which board writes the rules for each, and a composite Hunterdon County township's police, highway aid, library bonds, water system, garage, cemetery trust, pension plan and county tax collections each placed in its fund. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 2

ACC-5070 Module 2 assignment example

Written assignment: a brief paper walking a new township council member through the annual comprehensive financial report, why the same township reports two different pictures in its government-wide and fund statements, how the reconciliation joins them and what the 2024 reporting model changes add. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 3

ACC-5070 Module 3 assignment example

Written assignment: the composite township's 2026 General Fund from budget adoption through a $6 million tax levy, $90,000 of taxes deferred as unavailable, a police vehicle encumbrance closed at $138,500, payroll, a transfer to the debt service fund and the budget-to-actual comparison. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 4

ACC-5070 Module 4 assignment example

Written assignment: the composite township's water utility reports operating income of $540,000 on full accrual and a direct-method cash flow statement in four categories, while its debt service fund recognizes a transfer, a dedicated levy and library bond payments only when due. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 5

ACC-5070 Module 5 assignment example

Written assignment: the composite township's $4.2 million of governmental fund balances carried to $25.5 million of net position through capital assets, deferred taxes, the garage fund, bonds, accrued interest, compensated absences and pensions, with net position split three ways and functions shown at net cost. Full sample paper, read it free.

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Module 6

ACC-5070 Module 6 assignment example

Final project Part 1: a composite New Brunswick maritime museum's year of admissions, an exhibit pledge, a conditional arts council grant, endowment income, donated design services and a display case purchase worked through a transaction worksheet into four statements under the net asset classes. Full sample paper, read it free.

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How these samples are written

ACC-5070 samples carry one composite township through the governmental modules and one museum through the nonprofit project, so every reconciling item and net asset balance can be traced back to an earlier entry.

ACC-5070 questions, answered

What textbook does ACC-5070 use?

Reck, Lowensohn and Wilson’s Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities, nineteenth edition, from McGraw-Hill.

What is the ACC-5070 final project?

Two parts worth 17 percent each: financial statements for a nonprofit museum and a paper on governmental budget preparation techniques.

How long is ACC-5070?

It is an eight-week, three-credit online course with six modules.