1.
ACCOUNTABILITY - legitimatize public
expenditures and account for control and
usage.
PLANNING - planning, coordinating and
scheduling programs.
EVALUATION - source for review of
project effectiveness.
INFORMATION - useful management
and communication documents.

2.
• The amount of money needed
to pay for or buy something
(Expenses)
•The proposed means for
financing these activities.
(Revenues)

3.
The Master Budget
1. Operating
Budgets
2. Capital Budget
3. Financial
Statements

4.
“Big budgets, small budgets, they are all the
same - just add or subtract a few sets of
zero’s.”
Budget Director, New York City