Amount of debt service expenditures should the government report in its Debt Service Fund for the year ended December 31, 20x9 is $176,000
Explanation:
The Debt Service Fund recognises both interest expenses and main expenditures.
Debt service expenses are not normally accrued at the end of the year, but are recorded as debts.
In 20x9 the Debt Service Fund paid a total of $176,000-$40,000
Interest and $100,000 principal on April 1 (both Expenditures of the fund) and $36,000 interest on October 1.