Question: Budget acts as planning and monitoring tools. Critically evaluate. A budget is a financial plan for the future concerning the revenues and costs of a business. However‚ a budget is about much more than just financial numbers. Without a budget‚ the business owner is literally shooting in the dark when it comes to trying to plan expenditures for the business and match them to sales revenue. Budget is not only a plan of action for a business; it is also a tool for monitoring performance
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Unit 330 Agree a Budget Before developing a draft budget I have the previous financial year’s budget‚ income statements and the cash flow for my consideration within the future budget. It was really helpful although the new orders are due within the next year and I had to recalculate income and variable expenses. I have prepared a list of all the incomes and expenses and put them together to use as estimations for developing a draft budget. This list should always be prepared before the start
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BANGLADESH BUDGET Growth: the world economy was close to a collapse due to the recent Global economic crisis. However‚ the global economy has turned around and recovered from recession faster than expected. The process and pace of recovery‚ however‚ varied in different regions of the world. In the recovery process‚ the developing Asian economies made remarkable strides. According to the latest forecast‚ the world economic growth is expected to reach 4.2 percent in 2010 whereas it shrank to
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this assignment with the following assumption. * That the company does not have accurate budget * That Rada plc have different departments of their business in different area of the world. For an organisation not to have an accurate budgeting is like working without any plan because budget take an important role in the day to day running of a business and also most importantly the future. Budget is important for the following reason * Planning of annual operation * Coordinating the
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Personal Budget Exercise – Excel Creating a spreadsheet track personal business expenses is an excellent use of Microsoft Excel. For this exercise‚ you will create a spreadsheet to enter a personal budget and track actual expenses for the year. You may choose to use real data or create a fictitious budget using a monthly income amount of $2‚500. Here are suggested budget categories if you are not using a real budget. At a minimum‚ you must have 9 budget categories: Housing (mortgage or rent) Utilities
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flexible budget is a budget statement that shows what the expected costs should have been for any level of output‚ so that the actual costs can be compared to planned costs for the output that was actually generated. In a flexible budget‚ the costs are separated into variable and fixed costs. The more information that is provided to explain variances in budgeted and actual amounts‚ the easier it is for management to make successful decisions about costs and expenses. A flexible budget classifies
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BUDGET PROCESS The budget combined with individual objectives or targets provides the basis on which employees need to be motivated and stretched. In the absence of such a structure‚ spending may become higher than necessary and the extra effort required to help bring in the required revenue may not be made. As the budget can be seen as a constraint on a department’s or an individual’s activities‚ it may not always be warmly embraced. Therefore the motivational aspect needs to be carefully managed
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1. There are many criticisms about budget‚ but using budget can increase sales‚ decentralize and empower to lower level. According to the reading articles‚ budgetary can replace the fixed performance target with openness and transparency. And also management can give employees more freedom to manage. For example‚ Musimundo did not have budget before 2004. After 2004‚ it had established budget system. The budget was separated in two ways which were bottom-up and top-down. Employees who are at the
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Preparing a Budget Request Strayer University 505 Public Budgeting and Finance 11/1/12 Preparing a Budget Request Dear‚ City Council As the chief of police for a midsized city of 75‚000 residents‚ my crime is lower in the downtown area than in other parts of the city because of the population growth I need total of three new police officers even though I currently have 30 uniformed officers and 12 support staffs. I have a request to the city council about hiring three more new police
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A budget projection is an estimate of a company’s anticipated revenues and expenses for the next 12 months. It can also be used as a basis for determining future budget decisions‚ revisions and adjustments when necessary. A true business’s potential is revealed by an accurate budget‚ and to arrive at there‚ a budget projection is required. Budget projections are useful as they aid in the preparation of a business plan‚ allows companies to compare the projected budget against actual financials
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