Budget Estimates

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This paper presents a basic overview of the overall structure of the budgeting process at the organization, including the different categorizations of managerial costs, which are explained with definitions and examples. The author points out that fixed costs are costs that are constant, such as the lease payment for the offices. The paper also relates that sunk costs are costs that are usually incurred before a certain activity takes place and cannot be recovered by the possible sale of the asset they were used to produce, such as the costs related to the development of the annual employee survey. The author explains that direct costs are clearly allocated to the project or department of interest; whereas, indirect costs are not closely associated with the functionality of the particular operation but do contribute to the overall operations of the firm, such as the use of software. The paper includes graphs.

From the Paper:

"The overall structure of reporting for profits at the company is the basic idea of revenue less expenses. Revenue, just simply means how much is earned by the business from its sales; quantitatively it's the price of the product times how much of the product we sell. The issue that gets a lot of non-financial managers like yourself is how to classify costs. Overall, the estimate of profits will always be revenue less costs. Costs can be classified as fixed, variable, semi-variable, sunk costs, direct, indirect, and so on."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Block, S. and Hirt, G. (2005). Foundations of Financial Management. New York: McGraw Hill Companies

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