Total Business Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms

Ask any financial analyst and they'll tell you the same thing: successful budgeting of a company is crucial in today's volatile business markets. The right development and evaluation of every aspect involved in the budgeting process can mean higher profits, company stability, and, ultimately, a well-managed, efficient, and extremely successful corporation. Total Business Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms, Second Edition can start your company on this path. This updated edition gives you the vital budgeting techniques and applications your company needs-from planning and control to implementation. You'll learn how to analyze outside influences, develop performance targets and budgeting segments, and organize and administer the right budgeting process that can often make the difference between corporate success and failure. Guiding you step by step and using clear, nontechnical language, author Robert Rachlin provides detailed instructions, as well as forms, exhibits, schedules, and formats to help you navigate through the complex details involved when preparing a successful budget. This essential reference can help nearly every business to readily identify opportunities, define problems, and allocate resources-saving you time and, most importantly, money. In addition to establishing guidelines, assessing economic input, and understanding capital investments, this informative manual shows you how to: Select a budgeting system that suits your corporation's specific needs Construct a budget to reflect your long-term objectives and performance targets Utilize pricing and leasing in budget decisions and pinpoint budget variances Add credibility to your budget proposal Develop budgets for all activities of your company Reflect your personal input through appropriate performance reports Comprehensive and instructive, Total Business Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms, Second Edition is a must-have guide for any CEO, senior member of management, controller, or financial director who wants to fully understand and prepare a highly successful budget.Rachlin, Robert is the author of 'Total Business Budgeting: A Step-by-Step Guide with Forms' with ISBN 9780471537540 and ISBN 0471537543.