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' Notes to Basic Financial Statements For the Fiscal Year Ended June 30,2004 <br /> NOTE 13-CONTINGENCIES <br /> Various legal actions and claims are pending against the Town. Litigation is subject to many uncertainties,and <br /> the outcome of individual litigated matters is not always predictable. Although the amount of liability,if any,at <br /> June 30,2004,cannot be ascertained,management believes any resulting liability should not materially affect the <br /> ' financial position of the Town at June 30,2004. <br /> The Town participates in a number of federal award programs. Although the grant programs have been audited <br /> t in accordance with the provisions of the Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996 through June 30,2004,these <br /> programs are still subject to financial and compliance audits. The amount,if any,of expenditures which may be <br /> disallowed by the granting agencies cannot be determined at this time,although the Town expects such amounts, <br /> if any,to be immaterial. <br /> NOTE 14-IMPLEMENTATION OF GASB PRONOUNCEMENTS <br /> During fiscal year 2004,the Town implemented GASB Statement#39,Determining Whether Certain Organizations <br /> are Component Units,an amendment to GASB Statement No. 14. The implementation of this pronouncement had no <br /> ' impact on the basic financial statements. <br /> NOTE 15-FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION OF GASB PRONOUNCEMENTS <br /> ' The GASB has issued the following statements: <br /> ' ➢ Statement#40,Deposit and Investment Risk Disclosures,which is required to be implemented during fiscal <br /> year 2005. <br /> ➢ Statement#42,Accounting and Financial Reporting for Impairment of Capital Assets and for Insurance <br /> Recoveries,which is required to be implemented during fiscal year 2006. <br /> ➢ Statement#43,Financial Reporting for Postemployment Benefit Plans Other Than Pension Plans,which is <br /> ' required to be implemented during fiscal year 2008. <br /> ➢ Statement#44, Economic Condition Reporting: The Statistical Section,which is required to be implemented <br /> ' during fiscal year 2006. <br /> ➢ Statement#45,Accounting and Financial Reporting by Employers for Postemployment Benefits Other Than <br /> Pensions,which is required to be implemented during fiscal year 2009. <br /> These pronouncements will be implemented by their respective due dates. <br /> Town of Mashpee,Massachusetts 39 Basic Financial Statements <br />