New business owners starting a day-care center must create a budget that suits a functional center. The individual figures for each item on the budget differ depending on the size of the day-care ...

A new guide by an independent management consultant walks agencies through concrete examples of how they can do a better job of connecting their budgets to both daily activities and broader ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

A budget variance is a discrepancy between the predicted cost or revenue in a given account. A budget variance may include a revenue shortfall due to an inaccurate estimate, or a sudden and unexpected ...

What Is Zero-Based Budgeting? Zero-based budgeting is a method of budgeting that starts each department's budget at "zero" and requires each line of expenses to be justified. This budgeting method ...

Zero-based budgeting involves starting at a $0 budget and justifying all costs rather than rolling over and amending an existing budget from a previous cycle. Zero-based budgeting is a concept where ...

If you frequently end the month wondering where your money went, you probably aren’t using a budget. Alternatively, you could be using a budget that doesn’t work with your income schedule or financial ...

Patrick Gleason is vice president of Americans for Tax Reform. Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is chief economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Republicans in Washington may not have much credibility in ...

Master the Union Budget easily! Explore all key terms like revenue, expenditure, taxes, fiscal deficit, and more, explained in plain, simple language with clear examples for better understanding.