Accounting Question

All requirements are attached. The City we will be talking about is Nashville, Tennessee.

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Remember that you are writing about the city you’ve chosen based on the ACFR; you aren’t writing about
the ACFR. You are likely going to be selecting information from the ACFR. You need to help the reader
understand why you selected that information to present in your paper and what it means.
These are some suggestions on how to approach this paper, to get some ideas of what you want to tell the reader of
your paper.
READ SELECTED SECTIONS OF THE ACFR
1. Read the transmittal letter
2. Read the beginning of the MD&A that describes the ACFR.
3. Read the tables in the MD&A and compare them to the related Basic Financial Statements (the government
wide and fund financial statements) – see pages 10, 12, 18 & 19 in the Jacksonville ACFR and the Basic Financial
statements starting on page 24 if you’re not sure what to look for in your ACFR.
4. Read the Economic Factors at the end of the MD&A (Jacksonville page 20).
5. Read the beginning Notes in your ACFR – the reporting entity and the accounting policies.
6. Read the last couple of notes, subsequent events, and net assets (see pages 138-141 in Jacksonville’s ACFR).
7. Read the Statistical section, especially the demographic summary (see Jacksonville pages 304 to 311 for
examples).
DRAFT YOUR IDEAS
Use outlines or other ways to describe the ideas you’ve gotten about things that you might want to mention in
your paper and how you might organize the material to present. Maybe even select some of the chart’s tables
or graphs or other information from the ACFR that you’ll want to include. It’s often better to start assembling
material and ideas before trying to actually write the paper.
Research paper helpful website links
http://www.nu.edu/OurPrograms/StudentServices/WritingCenter/OnlineWritingCenter.html
http://www.nu.edu/OurPrograms/StudentServices/WritingCenter/WritingAcrosstheCurr/WritingaPaperinaMont
.html
http://writing-program.uchicago.edu/resources/collegewriting/
http://www.ehow.com/how_2051450_write-college-term-paper.html
http://libguides.aacc.edu/writingcollegepapers
http://snl.depaul.edu/writing/How%20to%20Write%20a%20College%20Paper.html
FORMAT GUIDELINES
• The paper should be about 2,000 words regardless of the number of pages.
• The paper must be submitted in Word.
• Be sure to include your name in the file name before submitting to the dropbox.
• Use page breaks not returns to start a new page (for instance after the title page and before the reference
page).
• Consider a table of contents which is basically an outline and then use those content items as section
headings in your paper; it makes it much easier for the reader to follow the organization of your paper.
• Round the numbers in narrative paragraphs regardless of how they are presented in the source document.
For instance, say $2.3 million instead of writing $2,284,678. Be consistent, doing this throughout the paper.
Be sure you have the correct order of magnitude; large cities often round to thousands or millions.
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When you bring an illustration into your document, you can use the snipping tool in Windows Accessories or
screen print. If you use screen print, be sure to crop down to the picture you want. You can widen the
object to make it easier to read without taking up more vertical space in your paper. It’s OK if a pie chart is a
little less than round.
Be sure to check the APA guidelines for references; when it’s from an organization, such as a ACFR, the city
is the author; be sure to include the year in the title (for instance, Comprehensive Annual Financial Report
for the year ended June 30, 2012)
REVISED: 02/24/2023/JNC
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