What are the key financial schedules that a not-for-profit (NFP) entity must prepare
The financial statements for not-for-profit organizations are listed separately than what you are accustomed to seeing on the financial reports for for-profit entities.
The required external financial statements that non-for-profit organizations will include a statement of financial position, statement of activities, and statement of cash flows:
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What are the financial reporting objectives for a NFP or government entity?
The overall objective of financial reporting of nonbusiness organizations is to provide financial statement readers with the following: 1) Information useful in making resource allocation decisions – Financial reporting by nonbusiness organizations should provide lenders and those making financial decisions based on the statements with available information in order to come to a decision as...
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What does the cash flow statement for a not-for-profit (NFP) include?
Like reporting for private organizations, the statement of cash flows will report the statements as operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities. FASB ASC 230 provides guidance on the presentation of the statement of cash flows for nongovernmental not-for-profit organizations:
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What types of industries apply not-for-profit (NFP) accounting?
In order to be recognized as a not-for-profit (NFP), the entity must be official registered as an NFP. As the name might suggest, an NFP operates for a purpose other than making a profit. The visual below lists out industries where not-for-profit entities are more frequent, but it doesn’t mean that ever entity in that...
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What does the cash flow statement for a not-for-profit (NFP) include?
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What types of industries apply not-for-profit (NFP) accounting?
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