The document discusses key concepts related to budgeting. It introduces topics like the role of budgets, common budget periods, participants in the budgeting process, and tools used for budget preparation. Additionally, it examines concepts such as cost standards, the budget cycle, and budgetary slack which is excess funds budgeted but not necessarily needed. The document provides information to help understand fundamental elements of the budgeting process.
The document discusses key concepts related to budgeting. It introduces topics like the role of budgets, common budget periods, participants in the budgeting process, and tools used for budget preparation. Additionally, it examines concepts such as cost standards, the budget cycle, and budgetary slack which is excess funds budgeted but not necessarily needed. The document provides information to help understand fundamental elements of the budgeting process.
The document discusses key concepts related to budgeting. It introduces topics like the role of budgets, common budget periods, participants in the budgeting process, and tools used for budget preparation. Additionally, it examines concepts such as cost standards, the budget cycle, and budgetary slack which is excess funds budgeted but not necessarily needed. The document provides information to help understand fundamental elements of the budgeting process.
Amount Needed amount of time, or overestimate the expenses that are to be paid out over the same time period.
This will create “Budgetary
Slack”, which is the excess of amount budgeted over and actual amount needed. Iyad Mourtada, CIA, CMA , CFE, CPLP Openthinkingacademy.com Budgetary Slack Advantages Disadvantages • Decreases the ability to highlight • Provides flexibility for weaknesses and take timely operating under unknown corrective actions on problem circumstances. areas. • Offsets the costly setups • Decreases the overall from design changes effectiveness of corporate and/or small lot size orders. planning.
• It limits the objective evaluation
of departmental managers and performance of subordinates by using budgetary information.