附註:Includes index.
A. Other titles in the briefcase books series include: -- B. Preface -- Special features -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- 1. Budgeting: why and how -- Why make a budget? Who reads budgets? -- Eight steps to creating a budget -- Success review -- Manager's checklist for chapter 1 -- 2. The parts of a budget -- Time periods of your budget -- Budget and vision -- Forecasting income -- Expense categories vs. Account codes -- Key accounting concepts -- Manager's checklist for chapter 2 -- 3. Gathering production figures -- Gathering past figures -- Working with multiple periods -- Working with account categories and line item names -- Evaluating the quality of your information -- Working with multiple periods and trends -- Manager's checklist for chapter 3 -- 4. Creating a production budget -- Estimation methods -- Planning the future in detail -- A sample manufacturing budget -- Manager's checklist for chapter 4 -- 5. Planning and budgeting a project -- Define the project -- Create the work plan -- Calculate the cost -- Tracking a project -- Manager's checklist for chapter 5 -- 6. Checking it twice -- Using a partner for proofreading -- Errors created by spreadsheet programs -- Automatic cross-checking in spreadsheets -- Document version control -- Verifying budgetary assumptions -- The final proofreading steps -- Manager's checklist for chapter 6 -- 7. Preparing for presentation -- Combining parts of your budget -- Revising budgetary assumptions -- Creating templates and formatting a budget -- Adding account codes -- Preparing a budget presentation -- Presentation formats -- Manager's checklist for chapter 7 -- 8. Budgetary spending -- Getting the budget authorized -- Adjusting to the authorized amount -- Setting up your budget with accounting -- Spending at the beginning and the end of the year -- Manager's checklist for chapter 8 -- 9. Tracking your budget -- Authorizing and tracking expenses -- Closing a budget period -- Comparing estimated versus actua
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
摘要:"Starts with the basics of a simple expense budget and gives you everything you need to know to create, present and track a budget with a spreadsheet or accounting package. From definitions of fundamental accounting terms to techniques for working within your budget and managing money with your team, it will take you through the basics and beyond"--Back cover.
