Final answer:
The General Fund with $18,400,000 should be reported as a major fund, as it passes the 10% and 5% tests per GASB Statement No. 34. The Library Fund and Debt Service Fund do not meet the criteria and are not automatically considered major funds. Thus, only the General Fund should be reported as a major fund. option A) correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
When determining which funds should be reported as major funds, a few criteria must be considered, such as size, total assets, and the nature of the fund. According to Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 34, to qualify as a major fund, a fund must satisfy both of the following criteria:
- Total assets, liabilities, revenues, or expenditures/expenses of that individual governmental fund are at least 10% of the corresponding total (assets, liabilities, etc.) for all funds of that category or type (governmental or enterprise), and
- Total assets, liabilities, revenues, or expenditures/expenses of the individual governmental fund or enterprise fund are at least 5% of the corresponding total for all governmental and enterprise funds combined.
In this scenario, we need to determine if the General Fund, Library Fund, and Debt Service Fund should be reported as major funds. The General Fund has $18,400,000, which is clearly more than 10% of the total governmental funds ($26,300,000) and also more than 5% of the total governmental and enterprise funds combined ($51,250,000).
The Library Fund and Debt Service Fund do not individually exceed 10% of the total governmental fund assets nor 5% of the combined total of governmental and enterprise funds. Therefore, they would not typically be considered major funds unless there were additional qualitative factors or they were particularly important to financial statement users. However, by default and due to its significance and size, the General Fund is always considered a major fund.
To answer the question, the General Fund only should be reported as a major fund, making option A) correct.