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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Running head: Budget Development Analysis Budget Development Analysis University of Phoenix Education Finance and Budgeting/EDA 538 Dr. Pamela Wilkins March 21‚ 2009 Budget Development Analysis The budget of a school is potentially the most important step in the daily operation of a school district. Every decision that is made affects staff‚ students‚ programs‚ services and daily operations at the core of the school environment. Every decision can affect the success or failure
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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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spending; all of the budget cuts‚ raised taxes‚ and our slow descent into a never-ending debt. Americans‚ like myself‚ are so outspoken about the government’s wrongdoings and everyone seems to think that a solution is simple. In all actuality‚ the solution is anything but simple. I initially believed that a solution to the United States budget was easy and the government just was not trying hard enough. It was not until I was put in the position to actually solve America’s budget issue on the interactive
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What is a budget? A budget is a forecast of revenue‚ expenditure and profit. Most budgets are revised annually. What does it achieve? There are two (often overlapping) reasons for producing a budget. One is to persuade potential investors that your company is a good bet. The other one is to plan your business finances – how much money do you have and how do you plan to use it? How much revenue do you need to generate to achieve your target profit? Is your business plan viable or does it need adjusting
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Budget Deficit For many decades‚ there has been a concern for the deficit within the United States. Many politicians‚ authors‚ newscasters‚ and citizens have expressed their distress in order to resolve or control the issue. Keynesian economic theory states that running a budget deficit is okay‚ as long as the deficit is not exorbitantly large and is not carried for a long period of time. Even though many experts agree with this notion‚ having a deficit at all is important to the present and
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Below are the solution: Question 1 Prepare a new contribution report for February‚ in which: * The static budget column in the contribution report is replaced with a flexible budget column. * The variances in the contribution report are recomputed as the difference between the flexible budget and actual columns. Answer Particulars | Static Budget | Flexible Budget | Actual | Variance | Unit (pounds) | 200000 | 225000 | 225000 | 0 | Revenue | 1600000 | 1800000 | 1777500 |
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FOCUS ON BUDGET 2013 budget was enacted to improve the standard of living in the country. The Government will also ensure that people get the best services and maximum benefits as a result of the implementation of development programs and projects. Therefore‚ the 2013 budget is designed themed "MEMAKMUR NEGARA‚ MENSEJAHTERA RAKYAT: A promises are kept" by focusing on five key focus. The five focus was to stimulate investment activity; strengthen education and training; entrenched innovation‚
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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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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 else from your department into other. Correct. I have my notes here when we put the budget together last
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