Understanding the primary components of the annual financial report of the United States government / United States Government Accountability Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Financial statements, Consolidated--United States.

Financial statements, Consolidated.

Finance, Public--United States.

Finance, Public.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 32 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

Annual financial report of the United States government

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2009]

Summary:

GAO prepared this guide to the CFR to help those who seek to gain a baseline understanding of the significant information provided in the primary components that make up the CFR, especially the financial statements. This guide explains the purpose of each CFR component and provides illustrative financial information using actual fiscal year 2008 and 2007 data to focus readers on the kinds of significant information found in the various parts of the CFR. Because the illustrative financial information contained in this guide minimizes detail in order to highlight significant line items, it does not show or explain all of the items included in the federal government's actual CFR. This guide is not intended to help people who are interested in understanding the components of the financial statements of individual federal agencies as their form or content may vary from that of the CFR. Because this guide uses illustrative examples from the fiscal year 2008 CFR, significant financial transactions related to recent government actions to address the economic crisis that occurred in fiscal year 2009, such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, are not included in this guide.

Notes:

Title from PDF title screen (GAO, viewed Sept. 28, 2009).

"September 2009."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-09-946SP."

OCLC:

440837431