Classification of Revenues and Expenses for the Statement of Activities

4 Reporting

4.2 Government-Wide Financial Statements

4.2.4 Classification of Revenues and Expenses for the Statement of Activities

4.2.4.10 Governments may use the following matrix as a guide for the preparation of their statement of activities. Governments should have a classification policy for assignment of revenues, this policy should be applied consistently. The matrix identifies each BARS revenue account as a program or general revenue. It also indicates the expenditure function the revenue may be generated by. The expenditures function is the minimum level of detail required. Governments can choose to report at a lower level (program). Governments should consider materiality when determining what functions they present on their government-wide statement of net position.

BARS
Revenue
Code
BARS Title REVENUE
Program
REVENUE
General
Expenditure
Function

310000

Taxes

 

X

 

3210000

Business Licenses and Permits

X

  General Government

3221000

Buildings, Structures and Equipment

X

  Economic Environment

3222000

Marriage Licenses

X

  General Government

3223000

Animal Licenses

X

 
Natural Environment

3224000

Street and Curb Permits

X

  Transportation

3229000

Other Non-Business Licenses and Permits

X

  General Government

3300000 (exclude 3360000)

Intergovernmental Revenues

X [1]

   

3360000

State Shared Revenues, Entitlements, and Impact Payments

X [1]

X [1]

 

3410000

General Governments

X

  General Government

34120 (exclude .21)

Filing and Recording Services

X

  Judicial

3412100

Auditor's Filings and Recordings

X

  General Government

3413000 (exclude .35, .36, .38)

Records Services

X

  Judicial

3413500

Other Statutory Certifying and Copy Fees

X

  General Government

3413600

Auditor's Centennial Documents Preservation

X

  General Government

3413800

Records Search by County Auditors

X

  General Government

3414000

Financial Services

X

  General Government

3416200

Word Processing, Printing, and Duplicating Services - Municipal/District Court

X

  Judicial

3416500

Word Processing, Printing, and Duplicating Services - Superior Court

X

  Judicial

3417000

Sales of Merchandise

X

  General Government

3418100

Data/Word Processing, Printing, Duplicating and IT Services

X

  General Government

3418200

Engineering Services

    General Government

3419000

Other General Government Services

X

  General Government

342000

Public Safety

X

  Public Safety

344000

Transportation

X

  Transportation

3451000

Natural Resource Conservation and Control

X

  Natural Environment

3450000

Economic Environment

X

  Economic Environment

3460000 (exclude 3468000)

Social Services

X

  Social Services

3468000

Coroner/Medical Examiner

X

  Social Services

3470000

Culture and Recreation

X

  Culture and Recreation

3500000 (exclude 3590000)

Fines and Penalties

X

  Judicial (or Public Safety[2])

3590000

Non-Court Fines and Penalties

X

  General Government

3600000

Miscellaneous Revenues

X

  Varies

4.2.4.20 The following matrix ties each BARS expenditure account to the appropriate function. The governments may use it as a guide for the preparation of their statement of net position. The expenditures function is the minimum level of detail required. Governments can choose to report at a lower level (program) if needed. Governments should consider materiality when determining what functions they will present on their government-wide statement of net position.

BARS
Code
BARS Expenditure Account Function

511

Legislative Activities

General Government

512

Judicial Activities

Judicial

513

Executive Activities

General Government

514

Financial, Recording and Election Activities

General Government

515

Legal Activities

General Government

517

Employee Benefit Programs

General Government

518

Centralized Services

General Government

519

Miscellaneous General Government Services

General Government

521

Law Enforcement Activities

Public Safety

522

Fire and Emergency Medical Activities

Public Safety

523

Detention/Correction Activities

Public Safety

524

Protective Inspection Services

Public Safety

525

Disaster Services

Public Safety

527

Juvenile Services

Public Safety

528

Dispatch Services

Public Safety

531

Storm Drainage Utilities

Utilities

532

Television/Cable Utilities

Utilities

533

Electric/Gas Utilities

Utilities

534

Water Utilities

Utilities

535

Sewer Utilities

Utilities

536

Cemetery

Utilities

537

Solid Waste Utilities

Utilities

538

Combined Utilities

Utilities

539

Irrigation/Reclamation Utilities

Utilities

541

Roads/ Streets Construction: Preservation Projects

Transportation

542

Roads/Streets Ordinary Maintenance

Transportation

543

Roads/Streets General Administration and Overhead

Transportation

544

Road and Street Operations

Transportation

545

Road and Street Extraordinary Operations

Transportation

546

Airports and Ports

Transportation

547

Transits, Railroads and Other Transportation Systems

Transportation

548

Public Works Centralized Services

General Government

552

Employment Opportunity

Economic Environment

553

Conservation

Natural Environment

554

Environmental Services

Natural Environment

557

Community Services

Economic Environment

558

Community Planning and Economic Development

Economic Environment

559

Housing and Property Development

Economic Environment

561

Hospitals, Assisted Living and Convalescent Facilities

Social Services

562

Public Health Services

Social Services

563

Coroner/Medical Examiner

Social Services

564

Mental Health Services

Social Services

565

Other Social Services

Social Services

566

Chemical Dependency Services

Social Services

567

Children Services

Social Services

568

Developmental Disabilities Services

Social Services

569

Aging and Disability Services

Social Services

571

Education and Recreational Services

Culture and Recreation

572

Libraries

Culture and Recreation

573

Cultural and Community Events

Culture and Recreation

574

Participant Recreation

Culture and Recreation

575

Cultural and Recreational Facilities

Culture and Recreation

576

Park Facilities

Culture and Recreation

 

Footnotes

[1] Grants and shared revenues are considered program revenues in all cases unless they are unrestricted. In that case, they are classified as general revenues.

[2] The assignment of revenues would be dependent on the government’s classification policy for assigning the revenues. This policy should be applied consistently.