U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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in outlays in the future. Unobligated amounts mean the cumulative amount of budget authority that remains
available for obligation under law in unexpired accounts.
Outlays, Net: Outlays are payments to liquidate an obligation (other than the repayment to the U.S. Department of
Treasury (Treasury) of debt principal). Outlays are a measure of Government spending. Net outlays display budgetary
outlays for DFC, reduced by actual offsetting collections, and distributed offsetting receipts. Offsetting collections
are payments to the government that, by law, are credited directly to expenditure accounts and deducted from
gross budget authority and outlays of the expenditure account, rather than added to receipts, and are authorized to
be spent for the purposes of the account without further action by Congress. DFC’s offsetting collections include the
receipt of interest, fees, and other revenue. Distributed offsetting receipts are collections credited to general fund
receipt accounts that offset gross outlays. DFC’s distributed offsetting receipts include negative subsidy and
downward reestimates that are transferred from DFC to general fund receipt accounts of the Treasury.
Disbursements, Net: Non-budgetary disbursements are limited to the DFC’s non-budgetary credit reform financing
accounts that account for DFC’s direct loans and loan guaranty programs under the Federal Credit Reform Act of
1990 (FCRA). Disbursements include payments for loans, and loan guaranty claim payments, reduced offsetting
collections of loan principal, loan interest, fees and subsidy amounts received.
INTRAGOVERNMENTAL AND WITH THE PUBLIC TRANSACTIONS
Statement of Federal Financial Accounting Standards (SFFAS) 1, Accounting for Selected Assets and Liabilities,
distinguishes between intragovernmental and with the public assets and liabilities. Intragovernmental assets and
liabilities arise from transactions among Federal entities. Intragovernmental assets are claims other Federal entities
owe to DFC. Intragovernmental liabilities are claims DFC owes to other Federal entities, whereas with the public
assets and liabilities arise from transactions with public entities. The term public entities encompasses domestic and
foreign persons and organizations outside the U.S. Government. With the public assets are claims of DFC against
public entities. With the public liabilities are amounts that DFC owes to public entities.
USE OF ESTIMATES
DFC management has made certain estimates and assumptions when reporting assets, liabilities, revenue, and
expenses and disclosures in the notes. Uncertainties associated with these estimates exist and actual results may
differ from these estimates; however, DFC estimates are based on historical experience, current events and other
assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the facts and circumstances. Significant estimates underlying
the accompanying financial statements as of the date of these financial statements include allowances for loans
receivable and loan guaranty liabilities (see Note 5 for additional information), subsidy expense, liability for losses
on remaining coverage of insurance programs, and recoveries on insurance claims (see Note 15 for additional
information).
PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
SFFAS 49, Public-Private Partnerships, requires the disclosure of risk-sharing arrangements with expected lives
greater than five years between public and private sector entities. The intent of SFFAS 49 is to capture and disclose
off-balance sheet activity and potential risk-sharing arrangements or transactions the government is exposed to for
these activities. Many of DFC’s transactions share many of the characteristics of public-private partnerships as
defined by SFFAS 49. All of DFC’s services and products (insurance, credit, and equity investments) which are
provided to the ‘private sector’ and expose DFC to risk-sharing transactional agreements are all captured on the
Consolidated Balance Sheets, along with any estimated losses, and disclosed in the accompanying notes to the
financial statements. See the principal financial statements and Note 1, Note 3, Note 5, and Note 15.
CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
In FY 2022, DFC changed its accounting method for loans and loan guaranties made prior to FY 1992, as allowed
under U.S. GAAP and the Treasury’s guidance. In FY 2021 and prior, DFC reported a Liability for Capital Transfers to
the General Fund of the Treasury. Direct loans and loan guaranties made prior to FY 1992 are not covered under
FCRA, and excess funding not obligated is required to be transferred to the Treasury in the form of a capital transfer.
The accounting guidance for the year-end closing entries for liquidating funds is set by the Treasury. The Treasury