Budgets provide a means for planning the financial future and play a vital role for planning. Budgets simultaneously make managers construct and implement plans‚ contribute useful information for improved decision making‚ provide a standard to administer performance evaluation‚ and enhance organization and communication. An essential component of the budgeting system is control. Control periodically takes actual results and budgeted results and compares the two. It also allows for managers to
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6. Budget : A budget is a financial document used to project future income and expenses. The budgeting process may be carried out by individuals or by companies to estimate whether the person/company can continue to operate with its projected income and expenses. A budget may be prepared simply using paper and pencil‚ or on computer using a spreadsheet program like Excel‚ or with a financial application like Quicken or QuickBooks. The process for preparing a monthly budget includes: • Listing
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The Arizona budget is currently meeting its objectives and obligations. The needs of residents within the State are meet accordingly. The Congress of the State for the past few years have kept a balanced budget. Moreover‚ the appropriations are distributed directly to the programs/services provided by Arizona. Legislators and the governor priorities in funding the expenditures of the state seem to be connected to the constituents of its districts. As an Arizona resident‚ the proposal for the
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* State of Connecticut * CAFR – Budget Analysis * Nondiscretionary Fiscal Policy Nondiscretionary fiscal policy is characterized by government policy that is enacted with the intension of either stimulating or stifling the economy to meet the economy’s needs. Present day fiscal policies are often a result of nondiscretionary fiscal policy enacted years ago and serve a present-day purpose of stabilizing the economy. For this reason‚ actions of nondiscretionary fiscal policy are often
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Expenditures‚ Revenues‚ and Budgets Expenditures‚ Revenues‚ and Budgets AJS 532 Expenditures‚ Revenue‚ and Budgets Budgeting is an important subfield of public administration (Tyer & Willand‚ 1997). A budget system balances expenditures and revenues (Smith & Lynch‚ 2004). In public budgeting‚ revenues are funded by sources. These such sources are fees and special assessment‚ lotteries‚ and public‚ and other miscellaneous revenue. Another important factor of budgeting
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Union Budget 2013-14 – A Critical Analysis Finance minister‚ P. Chidambaram presented his 8th and India’s 82nd Union budget on 28th February 2013. Key Highlights: * No change in slabs and rate for personal income tax. * Tax credit of Rs 2000 to be provided to every person to having income of up to Rs 5 lakh‚ this will benefit 1.8 crore people. * 5 to 10 per cent surcharge on domestic companies whose taxable income exceeds Rs 10 crore. * Commodities transaction tax levied
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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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At first glance‚ the budget hotel sector1 looks promising over the long term. It offers a reliable value proposition: a clean‚ dependable‚ inexpensive place to stay for business people and tourists. These hotels offer better facilities than most one to two star hotels or guesthouses in many cities and districts where previously the economy hotel experience could best be described as uncomfortable –all at a similar price level. There is also the potential
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What is a static budget? A static budget is a budget that does not change as volume changes. If a company’s annual master budget is a static budget‚ the budget for sales commissions expense will be one amount such as $200‚000 for the year. In other words‚ in a static budget the budgeted amount for sales commissions expense will remain at $200‚000 even if the actual sales during the year are $3 million‚ $4 million or $5 million. In contrast to a company’s static master budget‚ the company’s sales
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From traditional budget planning to zero-based budgeting (Relevant to PBE Paper II: Management Accounting and Finance) Dr Fong Chun Cheong‚ Steve‚ School of Business‚ Macao Polytechnic Institute Introduction A budget is an important financial plan that incorporates a systematic analysis and interpretation of financial forecasts in terms of products‚ markets and the application of resources. It requires managers to plan. It needs operational and financial resources information for decision making
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