Budget

In 1996 the city of Cleveland began a $750 million Plant Enhancement Program. The program’s goal was to renovate and modernize the city’s four water treatment facilities, which are among the 10 largest in the US, and were built in 1856; over 500 million gallons of water are pumped to Cleveland residents daily. In the following paper I attempt to provide with an overview of the Baldwin

The stereotypes that surround the poor and the homeless construct a false sense of self- deprivation onto the individuals who struggle financially within the United States of America. While constructing a budget that was within the financial limitation of the exercise, I grasped a better understanding of the true cost of financial liberties that most people who do not fall into the poverty category take for granted. The most difficult area was finding a living space that could house the theoretical family. Ultimately, I selected a rental property with two bedrooms because it was simply not a financial possibility to find a three-bedroom property within the budget. Even with the cheapest apartment I could possibly find, the cost of the rent was over half of the monthly income, and

The volunteers are overseas for 27 months and work in areas such as agriculture, community economic development, education, environment, health, and youth in development. “Agriculture volunteers work with small-scale farmers and families to increase food security and production and adapt to climate change while promoting environmental conservation,” according to the Peace Corps website. Volunteers teach new techniques and develop projects to assist them. Education is about teaching lessons that last a lifetime. Volunteers teach subjects like math, science, or English. They can also develop libraries. The environment volunteers are like agriculture but focus more on the conservation part. They promote sustainable use of natural resources. “The health volunteers work within their communities to promote important topics such as nutrition, maternal and child health, basic hygiene, and water sanitation,” (peacecorps.gov). They also work HIV/AIDS education and prevention programs according to the Peace Corps website. Youth in development volunteers are all about empowering the next generation of leaders. “Volunteers work with youth in communities to promote engagement and active citizenship,” (peacecorps.gov). Volunteers teach about gender awareness, employability, sex education, fitness programs; think of it as a Big Brother campaign.

Horry County Schools uses two separate software programs designed to make the accounting process easier. PeopleSoft is a program that is designed for overall budget accounts and purchase requisitions and is used to coordinate with the district procurement office. Infospan is a computer program that is specifically designed to account for the use of credit card expenditures, which are eventually maintained in the PeopleSoft program as well. Individual teachers are assigned receipt books for various activities such as fundraising and teachers must complete a Purchase Requisition Request Form prior to receiving approval from the school administrator to spend assigned or collected funds (S. Furr, personal communication, October 9, 2005).

If I were given a modest budget that would make life easier for someone I would probably choose to help my dear ole mom. Multiple times per day she is required to walk and feed our family dog, Max. This job can be time consuming and inconvenient. Max is a Yorkie, so he is a pretty verbal dog. Whenever it is time to go for a walk he makes sure everyone knows. He is on a very tight meal schedule. Because of this, Max knows when it’s time to eat.

A variance report is a report where it demonstrates and compares the cost for our hospital. This reports shows what the budget was estimated for, the actual amount spent, and the variance. The variance means what we profited in or lost. I work in one the few bigger hospitals as a finance manager. There was recently a tornado that killed eight people, destroyed over a couple dozen homes, and injured about hundred people. Obviously, this was an unexpected event that had impacted my budget. Many of these patients did not have medical insurance, therefore, we were not receiving as much profit as we were losing. Even though my Vice President was aware of

In this case study, Janet Dobbs is the Vice President for Administration and President-elect of the Greater Euclid Little Theater (GELT). GELT is a tax-exempt IRS 501 [c] [3] organization whose mission is to raise awareness of the arts within the local community. GELT had grown quickly from small organization to a large one within a year, and by 1996 was enjoying success in theater under the leadership of Artistic Director Andy Spaulding. 1997 was a transformational year for the organization as the spectacular success of Spaulding’s third theater season prompted GELT’s Board of Directors to significantly increase budgeted expenditures (an increase of $11,900 from 1997 to 1998, the largest increase

Breakfast =$3, Gas+ $24, Lunch= $8, Pharmacy expenses = $12, Dinner +$10. Total = $67

There are four long-term challenges facing the US today that must be addressed by the next President and Congress. These are serious challenges, and are not small tasks to accomplish. By any means the challenges the next President and Congress faces will be discussed in fully on how they impact the economy and what steps should be taken to fix them. Before I deliberate the four topics in detail - I am going to give a brief description of each topic; The first topic that most importantly needs to be discussed is the national debt, When someone mentions $17 trillion dollars what do you think? What comes to most minds is that is an excessive amount of money. Truth be told that is sadly the amount of debt the United States has incurred, and that number is growing at an extensive rate each day. When I have concluded the ending of my discussion the debt will have already increased significantly. That deficit will need to be reduced through a combination of spending cuts and/or revenue increases that will yield a net savings of $1.345 trillion dollars by 2030.

On January 14, 2015 the Local Finance Board (LFB), which is part of the Division of Local Government Services, adopted regulations that require municipalities in the State of New Jersey to complete on an annual basis a User-Friendly Budget document. As a result of this requirement, as of fiscal year 2015, New Jersey municipalities must submit to the Division of Local Government Services a User-Friendly Budget as part of their annual budget package. Due this requirement, as a member of the Department of Local Government Services, I am developing a strategic research plan for determining whether or not the new requirement to create a User-Friendly Budget is having a positive impact on local government. The proposed research project will analyze

Wyoming receives about two-thirds of its public revenue from taxes paid by the energy industry, mostly through severance taxes and mineral royalty payments. Since prices for coal, oil, and natural gas began declining, the state has lost a significant amount of revenue. This slump in Wyoming’s resources have caused state tax collections to decline. This has triggered a huge budget shortage. Lawmakers are considering increasing Wyoming’s reliance on property taxes until the energy industry recovers (Arno Rosenfeld). A bill is being considered that would raise the taxable value of residential and commercial property taxes. We propose to increase property taxes by 2 percent to help correct the shortage. Increasing the taxable value of

Personal Budget Exercise – Excel Creating a spreadsheet track personal business expenses is an excellent use of Microsoft Excel. For this exercise, you will create a spreadsheet to enter a personal budget and track actual expenses for the year. You may choose to use real data or create a fictitious budget using a monthly income amount of $2,500. Here are suggested budget categories if you are not using a real budget. At a minimum, you must have 9 budget categories: Housing (mortgage or rent) Utilities Car payment Insurance Student Loans Food Misc. Entertainment Gas Savings

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Budget formulation and use are tools that guide many decision making strategies in business. The measures that are least effective could create an avalanche of catastrophic events that can negatively impact the decision making strategies. It is in the best interest of the pertinent parties to draft an operating budget based on a collective set of information relating to organizational vision and mission. Ineffective measures can be catastrophic based on the foundation for measures used in creating the budget. Among the many issues organizations face that relates to creating an effective operating budget results from poor

A budget refers to a financial plan that represents the allocation of the income to various expenditure channels such as expenses, savings, and debt repayment. A personal budget is important because avoiding financial surprises and keeping financial stress down helps avoid a crisis and allows you to focus on your overall goals. You cannot avoid all risks in life but if you plan your finances to live within your means, you can avoid being kicked out of your home, losing your car and other terrible things that a solid budget would help you avoid. Knowing what you can afford is a central life skill. Unfortunately, many do not budget even though they know they should (Wagoner, 2012).