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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plan for the efficient operation of the organization". The overall goal of financial management is to meet the total financial needs of the organization. Budgeting: is the planning function of financial management. The budget translates operational plans into monetary terms. Budget: is defined as "a written financial plan aimed at controlling the allocation of resources" - Or "a statement of expected expenses and revenues over a specific period of time". Expenses: are defined as "the costs
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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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High Costs for Cutting Education: Opposing the CSU Budget Cuts I. Introduction It is no secret that California’s state university system is facing cuts across the board as a result of tough economic times. Those who approve of these cuts have valid arguments but fail to look at the negative results from lowering funds for higher education. There will be an increase in people within the lower income earners as a result of these cuts. High school graduates with the potential to attend a university
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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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The Importance of Having a Budget Having a budget is not a choice but a necessity. It is important for everyone to have a budget in order to balance the amount of income with expenditure. Having a budget can help us plan our finances. With a financial plan‚ we will know where the money we have goes to. It is essential for us to be able to take control over our money and not have our money control us. Therefore‚ we must be able to decide how we should spend and save our money no matter how much
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Introduction A budget is considered as a standard to facilitate control work activities of the organization. Budgets are planning tools prepared firstly to start the period being budgeted. Valuable information about the performance contains of the difference between the actual results and the planning budgets. Therefore‚ budgets are both planning tools and performance evaluation. The most common important element in budget is some measure of anticipated output such as the number
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