Fiduciary / Trust / Custodial (800-899)
860 Pension/OPEB Trust — General
Pension and OPEB trust fundsSince 2026.03
Cities FTR
39:PENSION_TRUST; 30.5
The fund category decides the form and column. See how the FTR is built.
- What it is
- Assets held in a trust for employee pensions or retiree health benefits that the agency controls.
- Accounting standard
- Fiduciary funds report resources held in a trustee or custodial capacity for individuals, private organizations, or other governments. Fiduciary activities are excluded from government-wide statements.
- Accounting note
- Use only when the city has a true fiduciary responsibility. Maintain trust agreements and custodial activity schedules. Local subfund expansion is permitted (recommended as a 4th digit) to create program/project detail while maintaining the 3-digit base fund rollup.
- Reporting note
- Condensed fiduciary block to preserve room for governmental funds while maintaining FTR rollup capacity. Local expansion rule: Optional local expansion: append 4th digit (###D). Universal parent is first 3 digits.
- Examples
- A retiree health (OPEB) trust the agency administers.
- Do not use for
- CalPERS contributions (an expense of the paying fund).
Local expansion
Optional local expansion: append 4th digit (###D). Universal parent is first 3 digits.