1. Budgeting - An Introduction A budget is a plan that outlines an organizations financial or operational goals. It is an action plan. It helps a business allocate resources‚ evaluate performance‚ and formulate plans. Understanding the importance of budgeting is the first step in successful financial planning. This tutorial introduces budgeting and the 5 most commonly used methods of budgeting 2. Preparing & Controlling a Budget Budgeting is potentially a managers most valuable planning and
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Unit 330 Agree a Budget Before developing a draft budget I have the previous financial year’s budget‚ income statements and the cash flow for my consideration within the future budget. It was really helpful although the new orders are due within the next year and I had to recalculate income and variable expenses. I have prepared a list of all the incomes and expenses and put them together to use as estimations for developing a draft budget. This list should always be prepared before the start
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I am doing well. How can I help you? Well Caroline‚ I wanted to discuss with you the results of your Dept 1880 Retail Marketing‚ budget variance vs. actual for Jun 2011. Sure‚ Let me get my notes out that I had submitted to your group. I emailed you a copy as well with your comments for this review. Did you receive it? Yes‚ I did Ok‚ there were 3 main categories where the variance between actual and budget were the highest. Those categories are Compensation‚ Marketing‚ IT‚ and then we put everything
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Project Budget Memo Memo To: Management and Stakeholders From: Date: June 10‚ 2013 Purpose: To provide quality training for the new audit compliance system there will be necessary expenditures. This memo will present the final budget proposal these expenditures include but are not limited to: wages‚ materials‚ travel expenses‚ and training materials. Steps have been put in place to minimize the overall cost of the training but not at the cost of quality of the project. Budgetary Numbers:
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ADMINISTERING THE BUDGET A budget is a written financial plan for business operations developed for a specific period of time. Budgets are often developed for six months or a year but can cover a longer or shorter time period depending on the type of budget and the nature of the business. Because a budget is an estimate of what might happen‚ it usually cannot be followed exactly. Staying close to the amount budgeted is desirable. However‚ for various reasons beyond the control of managers‚ actual
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Production Budget: Learning Objective of the article: 1. Define and explain production budget. 2. Prepare a production budget. Definition and Explanation of Production Budget: Theproduction budgetis prepared after thesales budget. Theproduction budgetlists the number of units that must be produced during each budget period to meet sales needs and to provide for the desired ending inventory. Production needs can be determined as follows. | Budgeted sales in units-------------------
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Memorandum To: Mr. Burns‚ Monty Burns and Company Accounting Firm From: CPA Date: October 1‚ 2012 Subject: Personal Budget‚ Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement When one examines financial success for an individual or business what are the attributes does one inspect? Would you look at the individual’s or businesses’ gross income? Perhaps one can examine the educational level of the individuals to determine their financial success? Or maybe it is the individual’s drive and risk appetite
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BUDGET PROCESS The budget combined with individual objectives or targets provides the basis on which employees need to be motivated and stretched. In the absence of such a structure‚ spending may become higher than necessary and the extra effort required to help bring in the required revenue may not be made. As the budget can be seen as a constraint on a department’s or an individual’s activities‚ it may not always be warmly embraced. Therefore the motivational aspect needs to be carefully managed
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Cash Budgets CASH BUDGETS A cash budget is a budget that focuses on cash receipts and payments that are expected to occur in the future. Cash management is one of the main important factors in a business. A company that experiences cash shortages could be forced into bankruptcy in the future. Businesses that have excess cash can lose the opportunity to earn investment income or can reduce interest costs by repaying debt. A cash budget can tell management anticipated cash shortages or excess
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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. The selling expenses are $24‚000 each month. Administrative expenses are $155‚000 per month‚ including $45‚000 of depreciation expense. Expenses
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