Chapter 7 Accounting

Chapter 7 acc ounting

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Budget
Detailed plan for acquiring and using financial and other resources over a specified period
Budget commitee
Group of key managemnet persons who are responsible for overall policy matters relating to the budget program and for coordinating the preparation of the budget
Budgeting
Process used by businesses to describe in financial terms, how they intend to achieve their desired financial and non financial objectives
Cash budget
Detailed plan showing how cash resources will be acquired and used over some specific time period
Control
Those steps taken my management to increase the likelihood that the objectives and targets described in the budgeting stage are attained and to ensure that all parts of the organization function in a manner consistant with organizational policies
Direct labour budget
Detailed plan showing labour requirenemnts over a specific period
Direct materials budget
Detailed plan showing the amount of raw materials that must be purchased during a period to meet both production and inventory needs
Ending finished goods inventory budget
Budget showing the dollar amount of cost expected to appear on the balance sheet for unsold units at the end of a period
Manufacturing overhead budget
Detailed plan showing the production costs, other than direct materials and direct labour, that will be incurred over a specific period
Master budget
Summary of a companys plans in which specific targets are set for sales, production, distribution and financing activities and that generally culminates in a cash budget, budgeted income statement, and budgeted balance sheet.
Mechandise purchases budget
Budget used by a merchandising company that shows the amount of goods that must be purchased from suppliers during the period
Mission, visions and values statement
Statement that captured the answers to such questions as . Where do we want to be 5 years from now? What should we be to our customers, our employees and other shareholders? which markets do we want to dominate
Operational planning
Process in which the broad goals and objectives of the strategic plan are distilled into specific goals and targets to guide the operations in the organization in the short term (usually 1 yr)
Paricipative budget
Self imposed budget
Planning
Developing objectives andpreparing budgets to achieve these objectives