Administration Process SEC/370 Michael Scott University of Phoenix Operating Budgets Paper Budgets are systematic plans that organizations use to manage objectives and goals. They are important documents that bring out important aspects of the organization and provide information to direct that organizations activities (Johnson‚ 2005). They are basic planning tools that help managers make decisions within the organization. Budgets vary in different organizations by type and size. They are routine and
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1. The federal budget is the process through which annual federal spending and revenue decisions are prepared (Patterson‚ 2013‚ p.388). The Constitution allocates that congress has the power to tax and spend; however‚ the president who is the chief executive plays a significant role in determining the budget (Patterson‚ 2013‚ p. 338). The federal budget process begins in the executive branch when the president is in consultation with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) who establishes general
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Impact of the federal budget on the Australian economy To succeed you must; a) give a definition of the federal budget The federal budget is delivered in may of each year by the house of representatives and is delivered in two parts: government income/receipts (what the government earns) and government expenditure/outlays (what the government spends). The correct title to the budget is the Appropriation Bill 2006/07‚’ it is commonly referred to as the supply bill. The summary of the Appropriation
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· What is a flexible budget? A flexible budget is a budget that is a function of one or more levels of activities. The flexible budget is more intricate and useful than a normal budget‚ which remains at one amount regardless of the volume of the activities. · What are the steps to developing a flexible budget? The steps taken to develop a flexible budget are as follow: • Identify the activity index and the relevant range of activity. • Identify the variable costs
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The Budget Analysis Why do we use budgets? Well‚ as individuals if we did not use budgets then we would not have enough money to spend it on the things we love to do. Therefore‚ there is no difference in the business world; a budget is a plan that helps organizations achieve their financial and strategic goals (Nobles‚ Mattison‚ & Matsumura‚ 2014‚ p. 1316). However‚ a budget is not all about crunching numbers together; it is a process that will be discussed in detail that addresses the potential
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market drop‚ the rise of the dollar against foreign currencies‚ increased unemployment‚ and other economic factors‚ March 2001 officially began a nationwide recession that triggered budget problems in at least forty-five states. -The 2001 recession was the fourth recession in 30 years. After past recessions budget experts recommended establishing a “rainy-day fund” (saving funds during boom times in order to cushion the shocks of economic busts). Wisconsin established the fund but never put money
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Balanced Budget Amendment I do not believe that within the next seven years the United States Constitution will be amended to require the national government to balance its budget each year. While I believe that a balanced budget is necessary in order to avoid potential political and economic crises‚ the party division in the two chambers of Congress as well as the difficulty of amending the Constitution‚ pose a major obstacle this nation faces in order to do so. “A Republican balanced-budget plan would
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departments operating budgets when the rate of actual calls for structured fires are on the decline. Post 9/11 the federal government set aside millions of dollars in grant money for apparatus equipment and training supplementing operational costs of fire departments across America. With the depletion of those federal monies‚ local governments are scrutinizing their budgets overall in attempts to cut corners and keep the cost within reason. Even though all aspects of municipal budgets succumb to scrutiny
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Budget Deal 2 Q-1. The budget deal of 2013 avoided the fiscal cliff through various avenues. It entailed retaining the income tax brackets from the Bush tax cuts permanently. The ideal budget deal would avoid tax increases and deep spending cuts. However‚ in the PBS interview the “Americans will either have to in the future bear higher taxes‚ middle-class Americans‚ or most people will see their services‚ safety nets‚ public investments in everything from sewers and infrastructure overall
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Essay by Bereketeab Yacob Yohannes Budget and budgetary control has being dealt with in different ways in literature‚ but basically there has being critics on traditional budgetary control as new issues raised with current more unpredictable global internationalized world markets. Virtually conventional budgeting has roughly some categories of criticism‚ one being that budgets by the time they are used their assumption are out-dated especially in rapidly changing environments‚ the second recurrent
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