Requirements for CAFR Analysis Paper: • Working individually, please write a six page paper evaluating your state or local government agency’s CAFR. The paper must be double-spaced with margins no greater than 1”, and use no greater than a 12-point font size. To receive full consideration, papers must substantially fill the sixth page. • Choose one or more of these options for your paper: o Discuss low performing or entities operating at a deficit, and compare management’s analysis in the CAFR to your own o Trend analysis predicting positive or negative impact on entity (including what financial statement impact you predict) o Draw comparison or discrepancy between financial and statistical sections o Discuss weaknesses in financial presentation, or inconsistencies between media and CAFR data o Identify high-risk businesses or funding streams, and compare management’s analysis in the CAFR to your own o Discuss significant local event, and how it impacted financial information (e.g., lawsuit, natural disaster, major acquisition of land, etc.) o Analysis of factors that prevent or enable growth, how this is presented in the financial statements, and compare management’s analysis in the CAFR to your own. • One of the most important considerations in grading is that you ground your discussion to financial information contained within the CAFR (including citations to the pages within the CAFR). • Consider reading articles from the local newspapers for ideas. • The mere recitation of or agreement with the GAAP used by the selected government is NOT acceptable. • It is critical that your paper incorporates information obtained from an analysis of the CAFR, and includes the appropriate citations and references to the location(s) where/how the information was obtained.
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