cash budget
estimate of cash transactions a detailed budget of estimated cash inflows and outflows incorporating both revenue and capital items.
Related definitions of "cash budget"
- Also called cash flow projection
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estimate of cash transactions a detailed budget of estimated cash inflows and outflows incorporating both revenue and capital items.
A capital budgeting decision is characterized by costs and benefits that are spread out over several time periods. This leads to a requirement that the time value of money be considered in order to evaluate the alternatives correctly. Although to make decisions we must consider risks as well as time
By Harold Bierman, Jr
Budgeting is about responsible money management. The overriding purpose of a budget is to stop overspending, which can be done by monitoring cash flow, and to prevent any existing or future debt from becoming an unmanageable mess. Good budgeting ensures that a company’s cash flow is monitored and assessed regularly, that funds are available for payments out, and expansion, and that the business does not spend beyond its capabilities.
Capital budgeting irrevocably shapes the direction of a business, and our collective capital budgeting decisions “determine the kind of society that we and our children will live in—not just this year but many years from now as well.”1 Investment of revenue from their oil industry by Gulf countries
By Neil Seitz
-making. He has long been fascinated by the challenges associated with deciding how best to deploy limited resources across a range of possible projects and getting people to buy into the outcome—the quintessential budgeting and indeed management problem. He teaches decision science to graduates and undergraduates at the LSE and conducts training courses on decision science and facilitation skills to external organizations
By Lawrence Phillips
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