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City of San Leandro Notes to Basic Financial Statements For the year ended June 30, 2010 NOTE 1 - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, Continued L Long -Term Debt In Government -Wide Financial Statements, long-term debt and other financed obligations are reported as liabilities in the appropriate activities. Bond premiums and discounts, as well as issuance costs, are deferred and amortized over the life of the bonds using the effective interest method. Bonds Payable are reported net of the applicable premium or discount. Issuance costs are reported as deferred charges and amortized over the term of the related debt. In Fund Financial Statements long-term debt is not presented but is instead shown in the Reconciliation of the Governmental Funds Balance Sheet to the Government -Wide Statement of Net Assets. J. Compensated Absences Vested vacation, sick leave, compensatory time, and related benefits are accrued as appropriate. For governmental funds, compensated absence obligations are recorded in the appropriate governmental funds when due. The portion not currently due is recorded in the government -wide financial statements. For enterprise funds, compensated absences are expensed when earned by employees. At year-end, the accrued but unpaid compensated absence obligations are recorded as current and non -current liabilities in the appropriate enterprise funds. g Property Taxes Property taxes are liened on January I' for the following fiscal year. Taxes are payable in two installments, due on November 1 and February 1, becoming delinquent on December 10 (for November) and April 10 (for February), respectively. The Alameda County Tax Collector bills and collects property taxes and allocates a portion to the City as billed. Property tax revenues are recognized in the fiscal year, for which the taxes have been levied, provided they become available. In January, 1994, the City elected to continue collection of interest and penalties on delinquent taxes and recognizes these revenues when available. Available means when due or past due and collected within the current period, or expected to be collected soon thereafter, and to be used to pay liabilities of the current period. L. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires City management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain amounts and disclosures. Accordingly, actual results could differ from those estimates. M. Net Assets In the Government -Wide Financial Statements, net assets are classified in the following categories: Invested in Capital Assets, Net of Related Debt — This amount consists of capital assets net of accumulated depreciation and reduced by outstanding debt attributed to the acquisition, construction, or improvement of the assets. Restricted Net Assets — This amount is restricted by external creditors, grantors, contributors, or laws or regulations of other governments. Unrestricted Net Assets — This amount is all net assets that do not meet the definition of "invested in capital assets, net of related debt" or "restricted net assets." 46