II. New York State Financial Accounting

Guide to Financial Operations

II.4.A Minimum Financial Reporting Requirements

II. New York State Financial Accounting
Guide to Financial Operations

BUDGETARY (CASH) BASIS

The minimum financial reporting requirements for monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements prepared on a cash basis include:

  • Combined Statements of Cash Receipts, Disbursements and Changes in Fund Balances for all funds of the State
  • Combining Statements of Cash Receipts, Disbursements and Changes in Fund Balances for all funds of the State, by fund group
  • Notes to the Financial Statements
  • Combining Statements of Selected Departmental Disbursements
  • HCRA Resources Fund – Statement of Cash Receipts and Disbursements by Account
  • Summary of Local Assistance and Capital Projects Spending by Public Authorities
  • Short Term Investment Pool: Report of Investment Yields, Portfolio Balances and Interest Earnings
  • Schedule of Temporary Loans Outstanding
  • State Fund Structure and List of Joint Custody Funds

Other supplemental information provided includes, but is not limited to:

  • Governmental Funds
  • Combined Statements of Cash Receipts, Disbursements and Changes in Fund Balances – Budget vs. Actual
  • Detail schedules of Tax Receipts and Other Financing Sources, including ten year trend analysis
  • Detail schedules of Receipts, Disbursements and Other Financing Sources, ten year trend analysis and graphic presentations
  • Detail schedules and graphs on Local Assistance Grants, including by funding source and program
  • Statements of Appropriation Transactions in Force by Fund Type and Business Unit
  • Summary of Appropriated Loans Receivable for each fund group
  • Detail schedules of State Debt Activity and Debt Outstanding
  • Detail schedule on the Tax Stabilization Reserve Account
  • Summary of Cash Advance Accounts by Business Unit

GAAP BASIS

The basic financial statements consist of the following:

  • Statement of Net Position (reporting government-wide)
  • Statement of Activities (reporting government-wide)
  • Balance Sheet – Governmental Funds (emphasizing major funds)
  • Reconciliation of the Balance Sheet – Governmental Funds to the Statement of Net Position
  • Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds (emphasizing major funds)
  • Reconciliation of the Statement of Revenues, Expenditures, and Changes in Fund Balances – Governmental Funds to the Statement of Activities
  • Statement of Net Position – Proprietary Funds (emphasizing major enterprise funds)
  • Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Changes in Fund Net Position – Proprietary Funds (emphasizing major enterprise funds)
  • Statement of Cash Flows – Proprietary Funds (emphasizing major enterprise funds)
  • Statement of Fiduciary Net Position – Fiduciary Funds
  • Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Position – Fiduciary Funds
  • Combining Statement of Net Position – Discretely Presented Component Units
  • Combining Statement of Activities – Discretely Presented Component Units
  • Notes to the Basic Financial Statements

The minimum financial reporting requirements for general purpose governments include management's discussion and analysis (MD&A), basic financial statements and required supplementary information.

MD&A, which is required supplementary information, should focus on the State and include a brief discussion of the basic financial statements. Information presented should support the analysis of financial position and results of operations.

Elements to be included in the discussion include:

  • An analysis of balances and transactions of individual funds;
  • An analysis of significant variations between original and final budget amounts and between final budget amounts and actual budget results for the general fund;
  • A description of significant capital asset and long-term debt activity during the year;
  • A discussion of the modified approach to report infrastructure assets; and
  • A description of currently known facts, decisions, or conditions that are expected to have a significant effect on financial position or results of operations.

Guide to Financial Operations

REV. 02/23/2018