FYI…The analysis is labled as “Week 6 – Research Paper Fiscal Condition Analysis Report Template”. All of the numbers have been generated.
INSTRUCTIONS
For this assignment you will write an 8-10-pages (not including title page, reference page, and any appendices). More specifically, you will need to:
Develop a fiscal condition analysis of Maumelle, Arkansas analyzing the most recent three-year revenue and expenditures data of Maumelle, Arkansas.
Utilize Excel Tools and charts to compute and create tables and charts to create a fiscal condition analysis for Maumelle, Arkansas.
Your fiscal condition analysis will focus on the five (5) most important financial indicators for local governments:
Total Revenues
Property Taxes
Sales Taxes
Operating Expenditures
Personnel Costs
To successfully complete this assignment, please refer to the Research Paper: Fiscal Condition Analysis Assignment Guide.
This is a Doctoral-level research assignment designed to test your ability to carefully research, effectively organize, and concisely communicate a nuanced understanding of the concepts and issues raised in the assignment. While the minimum page limit is short (as is often the case in public policy/public administration briefings), you are expected to craft efficient, highly substantive papers. You are expected to comport with the highest writing, research, and ethical standards. Additionally, to do well on this assignment, you must conduct high-quality research and offer rich, 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 paper must be 8-10 pages (not including title page, reference page, and any appendices). This paper must be in current APA format with 1-inch margins and 12-pt Times New Roman font. You must also include a title page and reference page. You must include citations to a sufficient number of appropriate professional, scholarly, or other appropriate sources to fully support your assertions and conclusions (which will likely require more than the minimum number of citations); each paper must contain citations to the course texts book, assigned readings, and a minimum of 5 additional sources not including the course textbooks, assigned readings, and the Bible.
Plagiarism in 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 your responsibility to ensure that you fully understand what constitutes the various forms of plagiarism and to avoid all forms of plagiarism.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
