Budget

a. A budget is a set of plans that quantitatively describe a company’s projected future operations. A budget is used as to measure actual operating results, for the allocation of funding, and as a plan for future operations. The budgeting process typically begins with a strategy planning session by senior management. The management team then applies the agreed strategic direction to a series of plans that roll up into a master budget. The plans include a sales budget, production budget, direct materials budget, direct labor budget, manufacturing overhead budget, sales and administrative budget, and fixed assets budget. All of these plans roll up into the master budget, which contains a budgeted income statement, balance sheet, and cash forecast.…

The first step in responsible financial planning is to develop and implement a budget. Simply put, following a budget allows for a better understanding of available funds, and where such funds are being spent. One of the biggest obstacles that faces the field of education today is funding and resources. While it is the goal of every school to provide a high-quality, and equitable education for all students, securing the resources, and allocating them appropriately presents a completely…

Budget Journal Reflection Over the past four days (Sep 24. Sunday — Sep 27. Wednesday), I made a budget journal in a spear notebook that helps me track my every single expenditure. In total, I spent $168.7 plus 4 Meal Plan swipes in TDR. Although it may seem like an overspending since it only recorded four days, I consider it as a reasonable amount of money. The major part of the total expenditure is consisted of three consumptions only occur occasionally: I spent $50 in Urban Outfitters for…

The operating budget provides financial information regarding anticipating revenue and anticipated expenses. These revenues and expenses reflect the anticipated revenue and expenses for the next year of the company’s operations and shows the companies working budget. It generally shows several different budgets as well. The operating budget is an estimation of all the income and expenses that are forecasted for the company that show as revenue. The operating budget is considered to be a…

Budget limitations are an issue that every department, regardless of size, must operate within. Larger departments by necessity have larger budgets but this does not always mean that they are more successful in completing their goals. The larger a budget the more patrol officers the department can put on the road. Each officer on the road must be paid their salary, trained properly, provided a vehicle capable of accomplishing their tasks, and provided the tools and equipment needed for their…

makes is the approval of their budgets because it reveals in financial terms what their priorities are. A budget is defined as a plan expressed in dollars. It is the use of financial resources to meet the needs of organizations. All police agencies operate within a budget. A budget can also be defined as operating and capital. An operating budget usually covers a 12-month period and is covers salaries, fringe benefits, uniforms, crime scene supplies, and ammunition, training and telephone…

Closing a Budget Deficit If I were tasked by my Board of Education to develop an Action Plan that would effectively and logically close the budget deficit while minimizing any adverse effects on the district’s provision of a quality and equitable education for all students I would begin by careful analysis of past budgets and then collect data on the community to determine trends of enrollment, housing, and socioeconomic conditions. According to Hartman (2003), there are two types of budget…

The budget process for the City of Lakeland is vital to our citizens, the services that are provided and the departments that provide those services. It is the City of Lakeland’s goal to provide a performance budgeting process that is clear, concise and priority-driven. To that end, I would like to propose a budget process that will begin with a Strategic Plan of action and culminate in a balanced budget that will help the City of Lakeland achieve its operational goals. Budget development would…

BUDGETARY CONTROL 1. Introduction (250) The word “budget” was come from Latin word “bulga”, meaning a little bag or knapsack (Quinion, 1996). A budget is a detailed plan for the acquisition and use of financial and other resources over a specified time period, while budgeting is the act of preparing a budget (Seal, Garrison and Noreen, 2012). The budget represents future plan which expressed in formal quantitative terms. Budget that is functioned as the firm’s activities control is called…

The reason why budget overlaps is that Congress does not have enough time to implement budget. It takes an average of 39 months of preparation of budget. Most of the budget reports are implement in October 1 each year. It has been discovered that budget is difficulty to implement when it is scramble or intermingling of cycles. It takes approximately 15 months for budget to go into effect. Congress also takes a long time to past bills. In 1970, a law was adopted given Congress extra three…