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Increasingly Integrated Financial Management Systems Are Expected To Support Program Managers Financial Managers, And Budget Analysts At The Same Time
OMB Circular A-127, Financial Management Systems, initially issued in 1984, was revised in 1993. This Circular sets forth general policies for Federal financial management systems and relates these policies to those in OMB Circular A-130, Management of Federal Information Resources, and OMB Circular A-123, Management Accountability and Control.
The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 required Agencies to manage by results. In the spring of 1994, the Chief Financial Officers Council (CFO Council) adopted the following vision for financial management:
Enabling government to work better and cost less requires program and financial managers, working in partnership using modern management techniques and integrated financial management systems, to ensure the integrity of information, make decisions, and measure performance to achieve desirable outcomes and real cost effectiveness.
The Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 required each agency to implement and maintain financial management systems that comply substantially with Federal financial management systems requirements, applicable Federal accounting standards, and the United States Government Standard General Ledger at the transaction level.
Increasingly, integrated financial management systems are expected to support program managers, financial managers, and budget analysts at the same time. Information supplied by these systems is expected to become more timely, accurate, and consistent across government. Systems and data are being shared more and more by agencies with common needs.
A Living Trust is an entity created for the purpose of holding and managing assets
A Living Trust is an entity created for the purpose of holding and managing assets for the benefit of the creators of the Trust (the “Trustors”) during their lifetimes and then for the purpose of management and distribution of the assets to the beneficiaries designated by the Trustors. There are various reasons for creating Living Trusts: (a) To avoid probate administration on death of either Trustor. (b) To avoid a court supervised conservatorship in the event of lifetime disability of either Trustor. (c) To provide for the management and distribution of assets during continued administration of the Trust or upon its termination.
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Essentially loans or debt. When someone lends you money, he or she gets an IOU that promises the loan will be repaid with interest. When you buy a bond, you're basically buying that IOU. A bond certificate is like an IOU: it shows the amount loaned (principal), the rate of interest to be paid on the loan and the date that the principal will be paid back (maturity date). Bonds can be issued by government agencies, such as the U.S. Treasury and by corporations to raise money.
Spendthrift Trusts
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A spendthrift trust is created specifically to provide asset protection for the beneficiary. These trusts are written so that the beneficiary can receive the benefit of the trust, but have no right to demand benefits from the trust.
Tax exempt entity
Definition:
To hold the protected assets. The stock in this tax exempt entity can be held by an asset protection trust. As a result, the stock does not show up on the balance sheet of the taxpayer and the income from the assets is likewise off the tax return of the protected client.
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