Montgomery Auditing Continuing Professional Education or Handbook of Budgeting

Montgomery Auditing Continuing Professional Education

Author: Vincent M CReilly

Montgomery's Auditing is the definitive handbook on auditing, and this Continuing Professional Education version is a professional edition of the successful subscription reference, providing a condensed, yet complete overview of auditing for the professional as well as the senior level student. The strategies contained help to strengthen the auditor's skills in the profession's core service-audits conducted in accordance with GAAS of financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP.

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Handbook of Budgeting

Author: William R Lalli

A budget is the formal expression of the plans and objectives of management that covers all phases of operations for a specific period of time. Without clearly outlined budgets, corporations are unable to predict profits or losses or create plans for the future. The Fifth Editionof the Handbook of Budgetinghas been fully revised and updated to help you keep up with this ever-changing world. This handbook shows controllers and budget directors how to create any style of budget, from traditional approaches to more cutting-edge approaches. Divided into five informative parts: An Introduction to Budgeting, Tools and Techniques, Preparation of Specific Budgets, Budgeting Applications, and Industry Budgets, this book provides complete coverage of the preparation, presentation, analysis, and effective use of the budgeting function. The Fifth Editionof the Handbook of Budgetingcovers all facets of budget presentation for both profit and nonprofit organizations, and includes chapters on specific industries such as healthcare, biotechnology, and higher education. Numerous checklists and examples will ensure your understanding of this critical topic and help you enhance your budgeting skills.

Table of Contents:

1	Integrating the Balanced Scorecard for Improved Planning and Performance Management
2	Budgeting and the Strategic Planning Process
3	The Budget: An Integral Element of Internal Control
4	The Relationship between Strategic Planning and the Budgeting Process
5	The Essentials of Business Valuation
6	Implementing Forecasting Best Practices
7	Calculations and Modeling in Budgeting Software
8	Cost-Accounting Systems: Integration with Manufacturing Budgeting
9	Break-Even and Contribution Analysis as a Tool in Budgeting
10	Profitability and the Cost of Capital
11	Budgeting Shareholder Value
12	Applying the Budget System
13	Budgets and Performance Compensation
14	Predictive Costing, Predictive Accounting
15	Cost Behavior and the Relationship to the Budgeting Process
16	Sales and Marketing Budget
17	Manufacturing Budget
18	Research and Development Budget
19	Administrative-Expense Budget
20	Budgeting the Purchasing Department and the Purchasing Process
21	Capital Investment Review: Toward a New Process
22	Leasing
23	Balance-Sheet Budget
24	Budgeting for International Operations
25	Understanding Foreign Exchange Transactions
26	Budgeting Property and Liability Insurance Requirements
27	Budgeting: Key to Corporate Performance Management
28	Zero-Based Budgeting
29	Bracket Budgeting
30	Program Budgeting: Planning, Programing, Budgeting
31	Activity-Based Budgeting
32	Budgeting in Nonprofit Organizations
33	Budgeting in Higher Education
34	Budgeting in the Health-Care Industry
35	Budgeting in the Biotech Industry
	Index