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Exhibit M <br /> TOWN OF MASHPEE <br /> NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS <br /> YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1978 <br /> 1, ACCOUNTING POLICIES <br /> a.. Basis of Accounting - General governmental <br /> revenues and expenditures accounted for in <br /> the General Fund are controlled by a <br /> budgetary accounting system. Real estate <br /> and personal property taxes are recorded <br /> as revenue by the modified accrual method. <br /> Other General Fund revenue, such as motor <br /> vehicle excise taxes and departmental <br /> revenue, are recorded as assets in the <br /> General Fund, but are fully reserved <br /> i <br /> until collected. <br /> Expenditures are recorded on the cash basis. <br /> However, the Town provides for commitments <br /> made out of the current year budget by <br /> setting aside funds as Encumbrances Outstanding. <br /> E Expenditures relating to special appropriations <br /> and grants are recorded when paid. <br /> The accounting systems of the Town are organized <br /> and operated through the use of self balancing <br /> group of accounts. <br /> b. Fixed Assets - Fixed assets are not recorded in <br /> a general ledger balance sheet account at the <br /> practice <br /> time of acquisition. It is a common <br /> Un 4. <br /> of municipalities in the Commonwealth ofa4f!i <br /> Massachusetts to not maintain general fixed <br /> asset records. <br /> c. Inventories - Inventories are not recorded in <br /> a general ledger balance sheet account at the <br /> time of acquisition, but rather purchases of i <br /> supplies are recorded as expenditures of <br /> budgeted appropriations at the time the <br /> purchases are made. <br /> d. Investments - Investments are stated at cost. <br /> At June 30, 1978 the market value of bonds and <br /> treasury notes in the Trust Fund was $20,793 <br /> and $19,563 respectively. <br /> �HARLes E. DiPesq & Co., t3osTON, Mass, (617) 42�-3555 <br />