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  1. During the annual fund-raising drive, the Cancer Society raised $900,000 in pledges of financial support for general operations. By fiscal year-end, the society had collected $600,000 of the pledges. The society estimates that 10% of the remaining pledges will be uncollectible. The NET amount of revenue the society should recognize during the current year from this pledge drive is

  1. $900,000.

  2. $870,000. answer

  3. $810,000.

  4. $600,000.

2.

  1. In June 2015, a public university bills and collects $45 million in tuition for the summer semester that runs from June 1 through July 15. In addition, in May and June it bills $300 million for the fall semester that runs from September 1 through December 15. Of this amount it collects only $120 million (expecting to collect the balance prior to September 1). In its statement of revenues, expenses, and changes in net position for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015 it should recognize as tuition revenue

a) $30 million , answer

b) $45 million

c) $150 million

d) $165 million

3. In 2014, a public university was awarded a federal reimbursement grant of $18 million to carry out research. Of this, $12 million was intended to cover direct costs and $6 million to cover overhead. In a particular year, the university incurred $4 million in allowable direct costs and received $3.4 million from the federal government. It expected to incur the remaining costs and collect the remaining balance in 2015. For 2014 it should recognize revenues from the grant of

a) $3.4 million

b) $4.0 million

c) $6.0 million , answer

d) $18.0 million

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