Organization You Selected. Then Provide an Analysis

¶ … organization you selected. Then provide an analysis of that organization's comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). In your analysis, explain what the report tells the stakeholders of the organization and the importance and value of the report to the organization. CAFR Analysis The State of Texas (Combs, 2011) provides activities ranging from education, health and human services, public safety and corrections, natural resources and recreation, regulation, general government, employee benefits, and teacher retirement benefits for the residents of the state.

It includes funds ranging from business type activities, such as licensing, taxes, etc., and proprietary, such as hospitals, police departments, universities, etc., and agency, such as state parks and natural resources. There are also capital projects, such as highway improvements and new buildings with improvements to existing buildings.

The CAFR gives the stakeholders an overall picture of the financial position of the state with changes in revenues and expenses, accomplishments with capital projects, and economic issues that are facing the state or could be problems for the state in the future (Freeman, 2006). It shows the stakeholders how money is received, spent, and what is still available for operations. The Auditor's Report tells stakeholders that the financial statements, including the various fund balances were audited and do represent a fair presentation of the activities of the state.

The Management Discussion & Analysis presents the government wide net position compared to previous year analysis and shows an increase of ending fund balances of 5.4% compared to the year before. This tells stakeholders that the financial position of the state is growing, even if it is a slow pace. The state unemployment rate is 8.1%, with an improvement of 0.2% from the previous year. This tells stakeholders there is some additional jobs being added to the state.

The Statement of Net Position compares assets and liabilities to show overall government activities increased net financial position over $7 million explaining increases in grant and tax revenues for the state. Revenues increased $10.1 billion and expenses increased $4.5 billion. This shows that revenues are increasing more than expenses for a good financial position. Employer pension contributions were lower than the required contribution, indicating that even though, revenues are growing, they were not sufficient to make the full required contribution to the pension fund. There was more long-term debt issued for capital expenditures.

The state has a high amount of long-term debt coming due, which could be a challenge in the future. There were also contingency risks of lawsuits that could bring about higher liabilities by the state. The state uses insurance to mitigate the risks, which is a good sign of mitigation. There were additions to capital assets and improvements performed to capital assets, showing the state is putting.