budgetary planning and control system may include many individual budgets which are integrated into a ‘master budget’.” Budgeting is concerned with the implementation of long term strategic plans‚ by translating these long term plans into short term plans of action. A budget is a plan showing a firms short term objectives‚ and how management intends to acquire‚ use‚ and control the resources in order to attain these objectives. A firms budget should be comprehensive and co-ordinated. That is‚ it must
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approval and subsequent monitoring of implementation. A budget committee is usually formed to manage each stage of the budgetary process. The accounting staff will have a close involvement. The budget preparation procedures will need to be set out in a manual which is available to all participants. A continuing cycle evolves in which initial budgets are prepared‚ negotiations take place with line managers‚ the initial budgets are revised‚ the final budget is accepted and‚ later on‚ there is a review of actual
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between a forecast and a budget A business forecast is an estimate of the likely position of a business in the future‚ based on past or present conditions. However‚ a budget is a statement of planned future results which are expected to follow from actions taken by management to change the present circumstances. Budgets as tools for planning and control Planning Managers are responsible for planning and controlling a business for the benefit of its owners‚ and budgets are essential tools for
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process for the preparation of budget might be varied from one organization to another before it could be finally accepted. Here are some sort of important stages in budgeting process as follow: Stage 1: Establish who will take responsibility for the budget-setting process It is crucial part to ensure that the committee who responsible to the budget has real authority within the organization (e.g. the budget officer‚ functional heads). Stage 2: Communicate budget guidelines and policy to relevant
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organisation uses budgets to control the costs for a limit of period by equating what was spent during that time to the master budget. This benefits B.A as they would be observing all their expenses and returns which prevent them from surpassing their budgets. This business uses budgets because it is a valuable tool when evaluating B.A performance and value of their budget. Budgeting is beneficial to B.A as it helps them with planning orientation such as it helps to create a budget plan where it can
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not be problems in achieving the budget‚ sales below target‚ or having departments fight over the budget being wrong and how much more money that they can get. This is establishing goals that are not obtainable and the entire department should be able to give their input. BY giving their input it will allow for a better created budget. (b) Suggest how Peters Corporation’s budgeting process could be revised to correct the problems. In developing the budget‚ each level of management should
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___________________________________________________________ CHAPTER 8 QUESTIONS FOR WRITING AND DISCUSSION 1. Budgets are the quantitative expressions of plans. Budgets are used to translate the goals and strategies of an organization into operational terms. 2. Control is the process of setting standards‚ receiving feedback on actual performance‚ and taking corrective action whenever actual performance deviates from planned performance. Budgets are standards‚ and they are compared with actual costs and revenues to provide feedback
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(or profit planning) is a process or technique with broad applications in the management of a business‚ school or government agency. The rules apply to not-for-profits‚ as well. The process involves the formation of definite and specific plans or budgets for a limited future period‚ usually the ensuing fiscal or calendar year. These plans‚ which take into account all phases of the budgeted operations‚ are given expression in financial terms. They also become standards against which to measure and
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a sales budget by product line in both units and dollars. From this budget‚ sales quotas by product line in units and dollars are established for each of the corporation’s sales districts. The marketing manager also estimates the cost of the marketing activities to support the target sales volume and prepares a tentative marketing expense budget. The executive vice president uses the sales and profit targets‚ the sales budget by product line‚ and the tentative marketing expense budget to determine
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Making a Family Budget Does your family have a budget? Statistics shows that families with a budget are better off financially then families that don’t have a budget. Family budgets are not very hard to establish and once put into existence‚ they are not that hard to maintain. Family budgets are the backbone of most successful families and the lack of one is the demise of not so successful families. Family budgets are equal opportunity beneficiaries. Having a family budget is and essential part
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