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Budget
Budget
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DEFINITION
A budget is an estimation
CONTENTSof revenue
and expenses over a specified future
period and is utilized by
governments, businesses, and
individuals. A budget is basically a
financial plan for a defined period,
normally a year that is known to
greatly enhance the success of any
financial undertaking..
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PURPOSE OF BUDGET
• Mechanism for translating fiscal objectives into projected monthly spending
pattern.
• Enhances fiscal planning and decision making.
• Clearly recognizes controllable and uncontrollable cost areas.
• Offers a useful format for communicating fiscal objectives.
• Allows feedback of utilization of budget.
• Helps to identify problem areas and facilitates effective solution.
• Provides means for measuring and recording financial success with objectives
of organization.
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Perquisites of ORGANIZATIONAL
Need a sound
organizational structure
budgeting STRUCTURE:
with clear line of
authority and
responsibility.
Such as number of
admissions, average
NON-MONETRAY
length of stay, percentage
STATISICAL DATA:
of occupancy and number
of patient’s days.
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CHARTS OF ACCOUNTS Designed to be consistent with the
organizational plans. Revenues and
expenses are reported by responsibilities
areas, thus providing historical data that
are valuable for planning and providing
budgetary control for planning and
providing budgetary control for
evaluation as performance can be
compared to plans.
CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCCESSFUL BUDGETING
SHOULD BE MUST HAVE THE BUDGET THE BUDGET FOR A FRAMED IN PREPARED
FLEXIBLE THE MUST BE A SHOULD BE FUTURE ADVANCE FOR A FIXED
SUPPORT OF MOTIVATING COORDINAT PERIOD AND KEEPING AN PERIOD IT IS
MANAGEME TOOL ED IS BASED ON EYE ON A PREPARED
NT OBJECTIVES FUTURE OF BEFORE THE
TO BE ACTION PERIOD IN
ACHIEVED WHICH IT
COMMENCE
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IMPORTANCE OF BUDGETING
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IMPORTANCE OF BUDGETING
Consistent delegation
TYPES OF BUDGETING
Operating
Budget
Strategic Capital
Planning Expenditur
Budget e Budget
Flexible Cash
Budget Budget
Labor or
Personal
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CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETING
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BUDGETING PROCESS
STEP 1: Establishment of operational goals
STEP 2 : Goals must be translated into quantifiable management objectives
STEP 3 : Formal plan for Budget