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s prepare A 3CHEDULE OF
2ECEIPTS FROM $EBTORS
s reconstruct LEDGER ACCOUNTS
TO DETERMINE BUDGETED
lGURES
s prepare VARIANCE REPORTS FOR
CASH AND PROlT
s distinguish BETWEEN
FAVOURABLE AND UNFAVOURABLE
VARIANCES
CHAPTER 17
BUDGETS
KEY TERMS
After completing this chapter, you should be familiar
with the following terms:
s BUDGETING
s BUDGET
s "UDGETED #ASH &LOW 3TATEMENT
s "UDGETED )NCOME 3TATEMENT
s "UDGETED "ALANCE 3HEET
s 3CHEDULE OF 2ECEIPTS FROM $EBTORS
s 3CHEDULE OF 0AYMENTS TO #REDITORS
s VARIANCE REPORT
s #ASH "UDGET 6ARIANCE 2EPORT
s VARIANCE
s )NCOME 3TATEMENT 6ARIANCE 2EPORT
Anthony Simmons, Richard Hardy 2012
ISBN 978-1-107-64070-2
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UNITS 3&4
17.1 BUDGETING
budgeting
the process of predicting/
estimating the nancial
consequences of future
events
budget
an accounting report that
predicts/estimates the
nancial consequences of
future events
3O FAR THIS TEXT HAS DEALT ONLY WITH HISTORICAL TRANSACTIONS CONCENTRATING ON HOW TO IDENTIFY
RECORD AND REPORT EVENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED 4HIS IS A LOGICAL STARTING POINT TO
ANALYSE BUSINESS PERFORMANCE AS WITHOUT INFORMATION ON WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED WE
ARE UNABLE TO IDENTIFY AREAS THAT MAY NEED TO BE IMPROVED (OWEVER IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT
TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE FUTURE "USINESS OWNERS MUST ATTEMPT TO PREDICT WHAT WILL HAPPEN
IN THE FUTURE SO THAT THEY CAN PLAN AHEAD AND BE PREPARED FOR WHAT IS LIKELY TO OCCUR
4HIS IS THE FOCUS OF budgeting THE PROCESS OF PREPARING REPORTS THAT estimate OR PREDICT
THE lNANCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF LIKELY future TRANSACTIONS
Budgeted reports
! SMALL BUSINESS OWNER COULD PREPARE A budget ON JUST ABOUT ANY AREA OF BUSINESS
PERFORMANCE RANGING FROM HOW MANY SALES ARE MADE IN A MONTH TO HOW MUCH WILL
BE SPENT ON ADVERTISING AND HOW MANY RETURNS WILL BE MADE )N THIS COURSE WE WILL
CONCENTRATE ON THREE GENERAL
PURPOSE BUDGETS
s THE Budgeted Cash Flow Statement WHICH SHOWS ALL EXPECTED FUTURE CASH INmOWS
AND CASH OUTmOWS THE ACTUAL BANK BALANCE AT THE START OF THE PERIOD AND THE
EXPECTED BANK BALANCE AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
s THE Budgeted Income Statement WHICH SHOWS ALL EXPECTED FUTURE REVENUES AND
EXPENSES AND THE EXPECTED 'ROSS 0ROlT !DJUSTED 'ROSS 0ROlT AND .ET 0ROlT
s THE Budgeted Balance Sheet WHICH SHOWS ALL EXPECTED ASSETS LIABILITIES AND OWNERS
EQUITY AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE
STUDY TIP
)F YOU CAN PREPARE
REPORTS YOU CAN
PREPARE BUDGETED
REPORTS BECAUSE THEY
CONTAIN THE SAME
TYPES OF ITEMS
"UDGETS OR BUDGETED REPORTS DIFFER FROM THE ACTUAL OR HISTORICAL REPORTS WE HAVE
PREPARED SO FAR IN TWO KEY WAYS
s "UDGETS REPORT future EVENTS RATHER THAN HISTORICAL EVENTS 4HEY FOCUS ON WHAT WILL
HAPPEN RATHER THAN WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED
s !S A CONSEQUENCE BUDGETS USE estimates OR predictions RATHER THAN ACTUAL VERIlABLE
DATA
)N ALL OTHER WAYS BUDGETED REPORTS ARE THE SAME AS ACTUAL REPORTS THEY USE THE SAME
HEADINGS AND INCLUDE THE SAME ITEMS
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#ASH &LOW 3TATEMENT AND THE EXPECTED .ET 0ROlT OR ,OSS WILL BE DETERMINED IN THE
"UDGETED )NCOME 3TATEMENT
1 Dene THE TERM @BUDGETING
2 Identify THE INFORMATION THAT IS REPORTED IN A
s "UDGETED #ASH &LOW 3TATEMENT
s "UDGETED )NCOME 3TATEMENT
s "UDGETED "ALANCE 3HEET
3 State TWO DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN BUDGETED REPORTS
AND ACTUAL REPORTS
4 Explain WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN ACCURATE ESTIMATE OF BUDGETED SALES
5 Explain HOW BUDGETS ASSIST PLANNING
6 Explain HOW BUDGETS ASSIST DECISION
MAKING
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STUDY TIP
)F '34 IS IDENTIlED IT
CAN BE RECORDED IN THE
#ASH 2ECEIPTS *OURNAL
UNITS 3&4
! BUDGET HAS LIMITED VALUE IF IT IS NOT USED TO MAKE DECISIONS TO IMPROVE BUSINESS
PERFORMANCE IN THE FUTURE )N ADDITION IT MAKES LITTLE SENSE TO DEVELOP A BUDGET FOR
ONE PERIOD WITHOUT PREPARING ANOTHER BUDGET FOR THE NEXT PERIOD 5NDER THE 'OING
#ONCERN PRINCIPLE BUSINESSES ARE ASSUMED TO BE CONTINUOUS SO THE BUDGETING PROCESS
SHOULD BE CONTINUOUS TOO
4HE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE BUDGETED REPORTS SHOULD BE BASED ON THE HISTORICAL
DATA BUT ALLOWANCES MUST BE MADE FOR CHANGES AND THE EFFECT OF NEW BUSINESS DECISIONS
/BVIOUSLY A BRAND NEW BUSINESS WILL NOT HAVE ANY HISTORICAL DATA ON WHICH TO RELY THIS
MAKES BUDGETING HARDER FOR NEW BUSINESSES BUT NO LESS IMPORTANT
1 Explain WHY BUDGETING IS DESCRIBED AS A PROCESS
2 Outline THE VARIOUS STAGES IN THE BUDGETING PROCESS
3 Explain THE ROLE OF HISTORICAL DATA IN THE PREPARATION OF BUDGETED REPORTS
)N ORDER TO SURVIVE A SMALL BUSINESS MUST HAVE SUFlCIENT CASH TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS
4HESE OBLIGATIONS WILL INCLUDE MAKING 0AYMENTS TO #REDITORS PAYING EXPENSES SUCH AS
WAGES RENT AND ADVERTISING MEETING LOAN REPAYMENTS AND PROVIDING DRAWINGS FOR THE
OWNER )N ORDER TO DO THIS THE BUSINESS MUST GENERATE SUFlCIENT CASH INmOWS CHIEmY
THROUGH ITS #ASH 3ALES AND 2ECEIPTS FROM $EBTORS 4HE Budgeted Cash Flow Statement
ATTEMPTS TO PREDICT ALL FUTURE CASH INmOWS AND CASH OUTmOWS AND THUS THE ESTIMATED
BANK BALANCE AT THE END OF THE BUDGETED PERIOD TO ASSIST THE OWNER IN ASSESSING THE
lRMS ABILITY TO MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS OVER THE BUDGET PERIOD
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2EMEMBER THAT THE #ASH &LOW 3TATEMENT CLASSIlED THE INmOWS AND OUTmOWS AS
/PERATING )NVESTING AND &INANCING ACTIVITIES AND THESE CLASSIlCATIONS MUST ALSO BE
PRESENT IN THE "UDGETED #ASH &LOW 3TATEMENT
Operating activities
/PERATING ACTIVITIES ARE ALL CASH mOWS RELATED TO THE lRMS DAY
TO
DAY TRADING ACTIVITIES
/PERATING CASH mOWS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN A TYPICAL "UDGETED #ASH &LOW
3TATEMENT MIGHT INCLUDE
Operating cash inows
#ASH 3ALES
2ECEIPTS FROM $EBTORS
/THER REVENUE received