The budget speech for 2013/2014 was given by Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan at the National Assembly in parliament‚ Cape Town on the 27 February 2013. Priorities Infrastructure – the government will over the next 3 years invest R827 billion into building new and upgrading existing infrastructure. Spending plans over the next 3 years include: * R5.2bn is to the local government equitable share * R4.2bn to the provincial government share * R3.2bn to the Passenger Rail Agency of SA
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BANGLADESH BUDGET Growth: the world economy was close to a collapse due to the recent Global economic crisis. However‚ the global economy has turned around and recovered from recession faster than expected. The process and pace of recovery‚ however‚ varied in different regions of the world. In the recovery process‚ the developing Asian economies made remarkable strides. According to the latest forecast‚ the world economic growth is expected to reach 4.2 percent in 2010 whereas it shrank to
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Budgets serve five main purposes; planning‚ facilitating communication and coordination‚ allocating resources‚ controlling profits and operations and evaluating performance and providing incentives. The budgeting process requires both technical and interpersonal leadership skills to achieve each of these purposes effectively. The director’s memo demonstrates several short comings in the budgeting process. The director instituted the “responsibility accounting system” as a means of evaluating performance
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TOPIC 7 cont.: ACCOUNTING FOR SHORT-TERM MANAGEMENT PLANNING Lecture Illustration CASH FLOWS Oz designs is in the process of preparing a cash budget for the three months of April‚ May and June 20X9. All sales are on credit. The company collects 50% of its sales in the month the sales are made‚ 40% in the month following the sale and 10% in the second month following the sale. 75% of all purchases are paid for in the month they are purchased‚ with the remaining 25% paid for in the following month
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Case Problem Air Force Training Program An Air Force introductory course in electronics uses a personalized system of instruction whereby each student views a videotaped lecture and then is given a programmed instruction text. The students work independently with the text until they have completed the training and passed a test. Of concern is the varying pace at which the students complete this portion of their training program. Some students are able to cover the programmed instruction text relatively
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Preparing a Budget Request Strayer University 505 Public Budgeting and Finance 11/1/12 Preparing a Budget Request Dear‚ City Council As the chief of police for a midsized city of 75‚000 residents‚ my crime is lower in the downtown area than in other parts of the city because of the population growth I need total of three new police officers even though I currently have 30 uniformed officers and 12 support staffs. I have a request to the city council about hiring three more new police
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December 1‚ 2013 Fundraising Budget The project at hand consists of selling cookies for five weekends at the team’s home games. The cookies will be baked in the school cafeteria and there will be paid laborers to clean up the kitchen after completion. The goal is to bake 12‚000 cookies in order to have 500 packages consisting of 24 cookies in each package. The way the recipe is‚ each batch will make about 2 packages which means‚ at least 250 batches must be made to meet the goal. In order
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Meaning and Need for Budget Everyone is familiar with the idea of a budget because it is essential in every walk of our life – national‚ domestic and business. A budget is prepared to have effective utilisation of funds and for the realisation of objectives as efficiently as possible. Budgeting is a powerful tool to the management for performing its functions (i.e.‚ formulating plans‚ coordinating activities and controlling operations etc.) efficiently. CIMA London defines budget as‚ “A plan quantified
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A budget projection is an estimate of a company’s anticipated revenues and expenses for the next 12 months. It can also be used as a basis for determining future budget decisions‚ revisions and adjustments when necessary. A true business’s potential is revealed by an accurate budget‚ and to arrive at there‚ a budget projection is required. Budget projections are useful as they aid in the preparation of a business plan‚ allows companies to compare the projected budget against actual financials
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Advantages and disadvantages of a master budget Advantages of a master budget are: a. It gives an idea where a company wants to go (its goal).. b. It determines what the company has to do in order to achieve this goal. c. It helps the company to realistically project future cash flows. d. This cash flow will enable the company to get certain types of financing. In short a master budget formalizes planning‚ provides an framework for judging performance and it helps managers to communicate and
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