Fiscal Condition Analysis

Liberty University

Lynchburg,VA

PADM-702

Curriculum:PhD

ResearchPaper: Fiscal Condition Analysis Assignment Instructions

Overview

Sound fiscal health is imperative to ensuring the effectiveoperation of governments. Thus, governments should periodically assess theirfinancial condition. Performing a financial condition analysis can provide governmentswith valuable information on the current and future state of their finances. Theanalysis can highlight potential fiscal problems and provide informationnecessary for corrective action. By taking action to address weaknesses andstrengthen fiscal health, government can better ensure that resources areavailable to fund the level and quality of services expected by taxpayers.

Instructions

For this assignment you will writean 8-10-pages (not includingtitle page, reference page, and any appendices). More specifically, youwill need to:

1)     Developa fiscal condition analysis of Maumelle, Arkansas analyzing the most recentthree-year revenue and expenditures data of Maumelle, Arkansas.

2)     UtilizeExcel Tools and charts to compute and create tables to create a fiscalcondition analysis for Maumelle, Arkansas.

Your fiscal condition analysiswill focus on the five (5) most important financial indicators for localgovernments:

        TotalRevenues

        PropertyTaxes

        SalesTaxes

        OperatingExpenditures

        PersonnelCosts

To successfully complete thisassignment, please refer to the assignment resource: Research Paper: FiscalCondition Analysis Assignment Guide located in the Assignment Instructionsfolder.

This is a Doctoral-level researchassignment designed to test your ability to carefully research, effectivelyorganize, and concisely communicate a nuanced understanding of the concepts andissues raised in the assignment. While the minimum page limit is short (as isoften the case in public policy/public administration briefings), students areexpected to craft efficient, highly substantive papers. You are expected tocomport with the highest writing, research, and ethical standards. Additionally,to do well on this assignment, you must conduct high-quality research and offerrich, well-supported analysis; mere opinion or conjecture will not suffice.There must be no careless or simple grammatical errors such as misspellings,incomplete sentences, comma splices, instances of faulty noun/verb agreement,etc. Such errors will result in significant point deductions.

The text of this research papermust be 8-10 pages (not including title page, reference page, and anyappendices). This paper must be in current APA format with 1-inch margins and12-pt Times New Roman font. You must also include a title page and referencepage. You must include citations to a sufficient number of appropriate professionals,scholarly, or other appropriate sources to fully support your assertions andconclusions (which will likely require more than the minimum number ofcitations); each paper must contain citations to the course texts book,assigned readings, and a minimum of 5 additional sources not including the coursetextbooks, assigned readings, and the Bible, which should include a minimum of 3-5biblical integration references.

* APA 7th addition formatting

* 12-pt Times New Roman font

*Title Page

* Reference Page

* 5 sources from the assignedreading.

* 5 additional sources

* 3-5 biblical references

Note: Yourassignment will be checked for originality via the SafeAssign plagiarism tool.

Plagiarismin any form is strictly prohibited and may result in failure of the assignment,failure of the course, and/or removal from the program. It is yourresponsibility to ensure that you fully understand what constitutes the variousforms of plagiarism and to avoid all forms of plagiarism.