(Notes to the Financial Statements) Obtain a recent CAFR or the Basic Financial Statements of a state or local government (SLG).
Required
Study the Basic Financial Statements and related notes, make a copy of or prepare a table of contents to the notes, and answer the following questions from a note disclosure perspective:
• 1. What information can one learn about the state or local government from the notes that is not apparent from the face of the financial statements?
• 2. Pretend there were no notes. To what extent would the Basic Financial Statements be less useful? Why?
• 3. Which notes did you find the most interesting and useful? Why?
• 4. Which notes did you consider less useful? Why?